Verboticism: Chilipower

'Man! That's strong!'

DEFINITION: To return to the gym after a long layoff to discover that your muscles may be weak, but that your sweat is still strong.

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Chilipower

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: chill-ee-pow-ur

Sentence: His peraspiration to get back in shape was strong, but his unsurpassed chilipower was chasing away all the other gym customers.

Etymology: chili (smells like sweat), power

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Comments: Chilipower

purpleartichokes - 2007-07-26: 07:02:00
My word was inspired by my brother-in-law, Pete. We were standing in a long line of people at a gift shop. I was one person ahead of Pete, with that one person sandwiched between us being particularly wretched-smelling. It was hear-a-pin-drop quiet until Pete broke the silence by yelling out "Hey Leigh! You making chili up there?!". Yep, you can't choose your relatives.

Jabberwocky - 2007-07-26: 14:17:00
funny story -I like the word peraspiration too