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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.
Verboticisms
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Flabbercise
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: flab-ber-size
Sentence: Bill found that his early workouts after his long absence were flabbercise.
Etymology: flab + exercise
Sweatshocks
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: sweat-shocks
Sentence: Marvin had sweatshocks when he tried to return to the gym after several years and discovered that not only were his days as a chick magnet and male model over, but he smelled like old sneakers.
Etymology: wordplay on sweatsocks
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COMMENTS:
How sweat it is... - Nosila, 2009-08-13: 11:47:00
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Glanduscularity
Created by: sirshade
Pronunciation: glan/dusk/u/lare/i/tee
Sentence: the glanduscularity for cubicle worker john, was fierce!
Etymology: a combination of gland (as in sweat glands) and muscularity
Wuspire
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /wus-'pIr/
Sentence: Lee came back from his jog soaking wet, giving the impression that it'd been an intense workout, but given that he'd only gone to the mailbox and back, it was just wuspiration.
Etymology: From wuss + perspire
Reekout
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: reekaŹt
Sentence: He can't do many situps and not that many laps around the track but what Billy can do better than anybody else at the gym is sweat. His daily reekout can clear a room faster than a fire drill. After just a few minutes of huffing and puffing he looks like he jogged through the shower.
Etymology: reek (to smell strongly and unpleasantly) + workout (a structured regime of physical exercise)
Resweat
Created by: UncleDig
Pronunciation: ree-swet
Sentence: damn - smell that?? that's my resweat.
Etymology: re - to repeat a prior action, + sweat
Pitpong
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: pit/pahng
Sentence: He was the pitpong champion of the gym, marginally stronger than Forrest Gump (whew!!)
Etymology: pit + ping pong
Perspirastrong
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: purs per ay strong
Sentence: When Harry retured to the gym, he attacked the equipment with gusto. He figured if he worked out vigorously, he could shed weight twice as fast. The only thing Harry managed to do was sweat twice as much. In fact he was a perspirastrong...of perspihurculean proportions. Sadly, they just don't make deodorants that strong...
Etymology: Perspiration (salty fluid secreted by sweat glands) & Strong(having strength or power greater than average or expected)
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.