dancing lemons n.— «As the school trustees resume their hunt, it’s become increasingly obvious that this exercise is flawed. Perhaps fatally. With head- hunter Bill Attea on the case, we’re just asking for another crop of dancing lemons...
wen n.— «Walking out into a small room attached to the house called the “wen,” a fancy-sounding word that literally means “harmless cyst,” she said the room, now an exercise room, was once a Japanese tea room ...
bonk v.— «This is because such exercise will quickly deplete the body’s reserves, causing severe fatigue (in running this is called hitting the wall, in cycling it’s known as the bonk, which is the sound you make when you hit the wall)...
hot wash n. a performance review, particularly after a training exercise or combat operation. Editorial Note: This term appears to be migrating out of the military, where it originated. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
bosu n.— «Another innovation, this time from the United States, is Bosu—an acronym for “both sides up.” This is a giant inflatable exercise ball that is cut in half and which has replaced Step as the most sought after class...
full boat n. a full price or total amount of money; generally, all of something; as an adj., having many or elaborate features, options, or functions. Editorial Note: Often constructed as to pay full boat or with the definite article: the full boat...