GYMNASIUM
NOUNS
1412 ► PALAESTRA → PALESTRA a place devoted to the public teaching and practice of wrestling and other athletic exercises; a wrestling-school, gymnasium
1866 ► GYM a gymnasium → Amer. colloq.
.M20 ► MEAT-MARKET a body-building gymnasium → US sl.
1976 ► MEAT-RACK a body-building gymnasium → US sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1870 ► GYM CAD a gymnasium instructor → Royal Military Academy usage obs.
..20C ► GYM JUNKIE a person who visits the gym an inordinate amount → Aust. sl.
1978 ► GYM RAT an athlete; a sports enthusiast; a person who frequents gymnasiums; an exercise fanatic; anyone fanatically pursuing a course of activity, a career, etc. → Amer. sl.
1994 ► GYM QUEEN a man who spends a great deal of time at a gym → US sl.
2001 ► GYM BUNNY someone who makes regular use of a gymnasium → UK sl.
2002 ► GYMHEAD someone who exercises obsessively and therefore spends a great deal of time in a gymnasium → UK sl.
VERBS
1909 ► GET ONE’S A to pass a certain standard in the gymnasium → Harrow usage (Bk.)
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