abdominizer
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a brand name, coined as abdomin- + -ize + -er.
Noun[edit]
abdominizer (plural abdominizers)
- Any type of exercise equipment designed to work the abdominal muscles.
- 1999, Ken Dychtwald, Healthy Aging: Challenges and Solutions, page 261:
- No matter how many "age-defying" wrinkle creams, miracle vitamins or "abdominizers" we buy for firming up and smoothing out, the reality is that the average number of birthday candles on the cake is rising.
- 2008, Tracie Ratiner, Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music, page 161:
- "Miss Fortune was born in a place where hit singles, formats and abdominizers don't matter," said Moorer on her Web site, taking a playful swipe at Shania Twain's celebrated bare midriff.
- 2010, Kevin Laye, Positive Shrinking:
- Having read and digested the miso soup article, Jo was now looking at an advert for an 'abdominizer' machine that promised amazing results – 'lose both pounds and inches within weeks,' the ad proclaimed.
- A person who exercises the abdominal muscles and dresses to show off their trim midriff.
- 1994, Keli Roberts, Keli Roberts' Fitness Hollywood: The Trainer to the Stars, page 278:
- The combination of losing body fat and doing these exercises make baring your midriff something to be proud of. Cher was the original abdominizer.
- 2003, Jose Javier Reyes, Porn Again: Midlife Outtakes and Mistakes, page ix:
- Yes, he is the walking, talking, jewelry-designing, filmmaking abdominizer.