walk-a-cise

walk-a-cise
 n.— «Confusion ensues, slowing down the furious bikers and dragging into the mix City Hall-area office workers who are just trying to get in a little lunch break walk-a-cise but are now risking loss of limb.» —“The Wild Bunch” by Robert Sullivan New York Times Mar. 8, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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