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DEFINITION: v. To return to the gym in order to get back in shape, only to over-do-it and injure yourself. n. An injury which is the result of an overly ambitious exercise program.
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Venba
Created by: tyler775
Pronunciation: /fin * bah/
Sentence: I received a venba when I got tired and dropped the weight on my neck.
Etymology: *ven from French prefix for come *ba from English word 'back'
Excessercise
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ek/ses/ser/size
Sentence: In spring to rid of the winter lard, people tend to excessercise themselves into sore muscles, joints and injuries.
Etymology: excess + exercise
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COMMENTS:
Great word! Perfect fit(ness) - pieceof314, 2008-05-06: 09:31:00
Very good. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-06: 17:41:00
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Ouchpotato
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ow ch pat ay toe
Sentence: with his leg in a cast and his head in a sling, the ouchpotato weht back to being a couchpotato
Etymology: couchpotato, ouch
Pwgymned
Created by: Ismelstar
Pronunciation: [pind] or [pwind]
Sentence: Determined to defeat his winter love handles, Mark finally returned to the gym only to be pwgymned by the chest press machine for five minutes, like a gnat under a toothpick, while he waited for a trainer to rescue him.
Etymology: A combination of 'gym', a building or room designed and equipped for indoor exercise, and 'pwned', a corruption of the word 'owned' denoting domination by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force. The combination sounds like 'pinned', meaning to hold something fast in a spot or position.
Gympairment
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /jim-PARE-ment/
Sentence: Nathan was determined to be able to squeeze himself into his old Speedo bathing suit by summer, and he returned to the gym after a five year hiatus. But, as out-of-shape as he was, he gave himself a gympairment within five minutes of beginning his workout. He was gymbarrassed and felt like a gymposter in front of all the bodybuilders who had to help carry him out to his car. He was a total gymbecile for thinking he could still bench press his body weight like he used to.
Etymology: Gym - athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training (short for gymnasium; from Greek, gymnásion "gymnastic school") + Impairment - damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality (from Middle English, empeiren "to make worse")
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COMMENTS:
gympressive...most gympressive...but you are not a gymjedi yet - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-06: 12:24:00
It's gympossible not to love it! There are so many great words today, too bad we can only pick 2! Makes one feel gympotent! - Nosila, 2008-05-06: 20:02:00
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Overdude
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ōvərdoōd
Sentence: It doesn’t take much to get Mickey to overdude his weightlifting routine. Just someone looking his way can cause him to stack on extra weight. The resulting strains and pulls will keep him out of the gym for weeks.
Etymology: overdo (carry to excess; exaggerate) + dude (guy/fool)
Fitnesslump
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: fit - nus - slump
Sentence: Edgar had every intention of quickly regaining muscle tone and getting back on the conditioning routine but found he'd experienced a major fitnesslump and decided to forget the whole thing and return to his couch.
Etymology: Blend of fitness and slump
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COMMENTS:
That sounds like a nasty sort of lump. Should get it seen to. - petaj, 2008-05-06: 03:37:00
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Aneuricise
Created by: didsbury
Pronunciation: an-yoor-iss-ize
Sentence: I thought I could manage one more rep but I ended up anuericising myself in quite an inconvenient place.
Etymology: Derived and extended from the Latin 'anueri' which was used to described self-abuse in all its unpleasant forms.
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COMMENTS:
Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-06: 17:41:00
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Heroitis
Created by: Jaye721
Pronunciation: here oh eye tis
Sentence: The gym was filled with pretty girls and his heroitis kicked in. When he lifted the 300lb weight he strained his arm and dropped the weight on his foot.
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2010-07-10: 04:35:00
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Gymjury
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: jim - jur - ee
Sentence: Gym, Gyminy, Gym, Gyminy, Gym, Gymjury....Milton exclaimed after he lifted the 80 lb weight once again. This time, he felt intense pressure and straining in his groin area. That could not be good.....He should have waited longer after his hernia operation; not to mention that it had been 8 years since his last trip to the gym... This time he knew he had a really bad gymjury!
Etymology: gym, injury
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COMMENTS:
Very good. - Mustang, 2009-06-19: 03:03:00
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