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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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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
Limburgerguidness
Created by: Stump
Pronunciation: Lim/berg/erg/wid/ness
Sentence: Tim's limbergerguidness after five minutes on the treadmill was a give away he wasn't keeping in shape.
Etymology: From that smelliest of cheeses - Limberger and languidness
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)
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."
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
Smellytubby
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: smelleetubbee
Sentence: His expanding waistline and less than pleasing armpit aroma was all that was needed to confirm a severe case of smellytubby.
Etymology: smelly = lacking fragrance tubby = corpulent
Imgettingacoldfromallthissweat
Created by: timmy
Pronunciation: Im getting a cold from all this sweat
Sentence: Imgettingacoldfromallthissweat.
Etymology:
Stalefrail
Created by: BrakX
Pronunciation: stale frail
Sentence: hitting the gym hard after a year break left him with only stalefrail
Etymology:
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.