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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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Gymicide
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: jiməsīd
Sentence: As Joyce approached the club she wondered why there was such a mass exodus. She soon found out that Ralph had returned after a year\\\'s absence. He had convinced himself that he no longer needed the prescription deodorant his doctor given him and that the best way to get his pauncheesy body back into shape was to enroll in the zazzercise class. In doing so he almost committed gymicide.
Etymology: gym (a gymnasium) + homicide (murder)
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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Hurtspiration
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: hurt-speur-ray-shun
Sentence: Phoebe's sore muscles reminded her that for a few more weeks, her New Year's resolution was going to consist of a lot of hurtspiration.
Etymology: Hurt + perspiration
Exerspire
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: ex - ur - spire
Sentence: Lonnie went to the gym to exerspire. The only obvious change in his flabby physique was the odorous sweat that poured off his body.
Etymology: exercise, perspire
Odtrophy
Created by: kryptik
Pronunciation: oh-tro-fee
Sentence: No amount of deodorant helps my uncle Bob when he's suffering from serious odtrophy
Etymology: From the words 'odor' and 'atrophy'
Beeogre
Created by: kumza
Pronunciation: bee oh gurr
Sentence: Francis is the worst person to have as a wingman; he is such a beeogre that his stench sends the girls running.
Etymology: B.O. (body odour), Ogre
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COMMENTS:
Be odorific! - Nosila, 2009-08-14: 00:48:00
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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)
Aromanator
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: uh-ROM-un-a-ter
Sentence: Upon his return to the gym and his old workout routine, Vince's workout partners quickly learned that the stench of body odor he was giving off made him a particularly repulsive and very unlikeable aromanator.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'aroma' and 'emanate' and is a play on the word 'terminator' from a movie with that title.
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.