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DEFINITION: v. To return to the gym after a long layoff to discover that your muscles may be weak, but that your sweat is still strong. n. A person whose sweat is stronger than their muscles.
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Stenchtraining
Created by: bondfool
Pronunciation: stench-tray-ning
Sentence: I did some stench-training today after lifting fifteen pounds! Per arm!
Etymology: A play on "strength training."
Superstinkious
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: soo-per-stink-ee-is
Sentence: Wow, that guy has more stench than strength. He is superstinkious!
Etymology: super + stink + supercilious
Scentillate
Created by: mugglesport
Pronunciation: sin-till-ate
Sentence: I haven't been to the gym in 2 months. I'm going to really scentillate after I work out today.
Etymology: From the words "scent" and "scintillate" which means to "sparkle, shine, or glisten"...because of sweat, perhaps.
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COMMENTS:
- mugglesport, 2007-01-09: 16:56:00
who were you at the other place again? - IanArcher, 2007-01-09: 17:04:00
Same name - mugglesport, 2007-01-09: 17:10:00
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Sudorifeeble
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: soo-door-if-eeb-ul
Sentence: The personal trainers smirked to each other as yet another sudorifeeble walked through the gym doors in early January. Full of optimistic resolution, the dolts would sign up to a year's membership. But their feeble exercise attempts would only exert their sudoriferous glands.
Etymology: sudoriferous (bearing or secreting sweat) + feeble
Atrostank
Created by: themeanreds
Pronunciation: a-tro-st-ank
Sentence: My, do I feel weak; were it not for my awe-inspiring astrostranking, I might not even know I worked out.
Etymology: Atrophy + Stankosity = Atrostank
Bettyswollocks
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: bettys wall ocks
Sentence: Dave new that damp feeling. It was bettyswollocks. He needed a shower.
Etymology: from an old playground play on words that was sweaty bollocks.
Misconceperspiration
Created by: ravivalon
Pronunciation: mis-concept-per-spiration
Sentence: The warm good feeling of making the right choice by taking the “extreme body workout class” was fading quickly. Lara knew she can’t leave the room just 5 minutes after the class started. Obviously she had a misconceperspiration of what her body was capable of.
Etymology: misconception + perspiration.
Comments:
Javeson1 - 2007-01-09: 00:37:00
Hey! No words up! I guess that means mine is first? (except it's not up either...)
Hey Javeson1, You word is first! And it is showing up now. It's also very good. The people in the New Years resolution crowd do have a special aroma about them -- especially after several months of Infermention. ~ James
allwise - 2007-01-10: 02:12:00
yeah, infermention was a good one.