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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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Retrofunk
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: REH-trow-funk
Sentence: After only 2 minutes on the heavy bag, Bobby was redolent with that old magic retrofunk. Cool!
Etymology: Retro + funk
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)
Perspiramplification
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: purse-per-ahmp-lih-fih-ca-shun
Sentence: His perspiramplification prevented him from going full out to get "ripped."
Etymology: Perspire + Amplification
Pungentrain
Created by: IanArcher
Pronunciation: PUN'-jin-train
Sentence: So was pungentraining at the gym, and no one dared to come within 10 feet of me. It was awesome!
Etymology: from "pungent" and "train," and sounds eerily like "Pontchartrain."
Stinkybinky
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: stinkybinky
Sentence: After your workout you need to shower, because if you don´t your are a Stinkybinky.
Etymology: Stinking and bink as in big man.
Perspirength
Created by: vixphilia
Pronunciation: PERS-pee-REN-gth
Sentence: Dude, you've got a serious case of extreme perspirength. Hit the showers now!
Etymology: Agglutination of "Perspiration" and "Strength"
Flabbercise
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: flab-ber-size
Sentence: Bill found that his early workouts after his long absence were flabbercise.
Etymology: flab + exercise
Infermention
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: in-fur-men-shun
Sentence: Infermention is present in many cases of resolution-gym-joiners because they smell terrible and have not worked out in two months.
Etymology: intervention + ferment (= gross)
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COMMENTS:
- erasmus, 2007-01-09: 11:07:00
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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.