gymbestiary
/ˌdʒɪmˈbɛstʃəri/nounVerified NewThe informal shared taxonomy of recurring characters found in any commercial gym.
The loud grunter, the mirror philosopher, the man holding four stations in rotation, the towel avoider — every gym has them, and members identify them by role without ever learning names. The bestiary is how strangers cooperate in a room built for individual bodies.
Etym. — gym + bestiary, borrowing the medieval catalogue of beasts for the modern catalogue of gym species.
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