abdominizer

plural abdominizers · alternative abdominiser

1. Any type of exercise equipment designed to work the abdominal muscles.

   "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.

   2008, Tracie Ratiner, Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music, page 161

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   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.

   1999, Ken Dychtwald, Healthy Aging: Challenges and Solutions, page 261

   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.

   2010, Kevin Laye, Positive Shrinking

2. A person who exercises the abdominal muscles and dresses to show off their trim midriff.

   Yes, he is the walking, talking, jewelry-designing, filmmaking abdominizer.

   2003, Jose Javier Reyes, Porn Again: Midlife Outtakes and Mistakes, page ix

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   The combination of losing body fat and doing these exercises make baring your midriff something to be proud of. Cher was the original abdominizer.

   1994, Keli Roberts, Keli Roberts' Fitness Hollywood: The Trainer to the Stars, page 278