Verboticism: Fitnesslump
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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Hypergymnast
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: hyper-gym-nast
Sentence: You could tell he was heading for hypergymnasty, by the way he overdid it the very first day.
Etymology: hyper-gym-nast
Stretcharmstwrong
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: strech/arms/st/rong
Sentence: Sam had a difficult time explaining why one of his arms was longer than the other after returning from his fabled lunchtime workouts. His only explanation was he stretcharmstwrong.
Etymology: stretch arms wrong + Stretch Armstrong
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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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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Gymjure
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɪmˌdʒuɹ/ /JIMM-Joor/
Sentence: They told me to stay away from the free weights to avoid gymjury, but nobody warned me not to lean into the turns on the stationary bike.
Etymology: from gym + (in)jure
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COMMENTS:
you must be feeling a bit ginger after that. - petaj, 2008-05-06: 03:38:00
gym gyminie, gym gyminie, gym gymjury (where's purple when you have an annoying song reference) - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-06: 12:27:00
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Fitfall
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fit-fawl
Sentence: Jim had not been in the gym for some time. His major fitfall was being friends with a "gym rat" who pushed him to pursue the same routine that he follows. Jim now has more pulled muscles than the number of muscles he knew he had.
Etymology: fitness (The state or condition of being physically sound and healthy, especially as the result of exercise and proper nutrition) + pitfall (any trap or danger for the unwary)
Exerdemise
Created by: alicat
Pronunciation: Ex-er-dem-eyes
Sentence: Sue hadn't been to the gym in years but decided that it was time to jump back on that horse. She went to a spinning class, gave it her all, and left feeling like a new woman. When she woke up the next morning, however, she realized that she had reached her exerdemise.
Etymology: Exercise + demise
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COMMENTS:
good one - Nosila, 2009-06-18: 20:54:00
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Fitnesschlock
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: fit-ness-shlok
Sentence: Melvin once again found that he is a fitnesschlock, in such lousy physical condition that even moderate exercise caused not only excruciating pain, but left him lying on the couch for days recuperating.
Etymology: Blend of 'fitness' (physical condition) and 'schlock' (of low quality or value)
Nathurtopathy
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: natch hurt o path ee
Sentence: Arnold's naturopathy exercises turned into nathurtopathy exercises when he strained himself on his dumbells...apparently they were aptly named.
Etymology: Naturopathy (a method of treating disease using food and exercise and heat to assist the natural healing process) & Hurt (sore, in pain)
Excersciatica
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: eksərsīatikə
Sentence: Joyce is not one to do things halfway. If there is something to do, she will do it twice or twice as hard. She loves her exercise classes, but often ends up injuring herself with her exuberance. Her knees, legs, neck, elbows or back take the brunt of Taebo, Pilates and Jazzercise. Her latest fixation, EuroBlastTraining (don't ask). Her latest ailment? Excersciatica!
Etymology: exercise (activity requiring physical effort, carried out esp. to sustain or improve health and fitness) + sciatica (pain affecting the back, hip, and outer side of the leg)
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COMMENTS:
Great word. - mrskellyscl, 2009-06-18: 06:39:00
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