behavior that not only violates contextual standards of decorum, but does so in a manner that is absurd and frequently hilarious (at least to observers); derived from the phrase GYM
ETIQUETTE, ethical or socially
appropriate conduct, procedure, or decorum in the gym or
exercise setting. Alternate spellings: gymetiquette, gemetiquet, gemetiket, jemetiquet, jemetiquette, j’metiquet, j’metiquette.
1. When the egomaniacal bodybuilder who never
re-racks the weights correctly is caught fondling his girlfriend’
s thong while they admire some nuance of their musculature in the gym mirrors as if no one else is in the room, another lifter might utter "That'
s not good gymetiquette." 2. When taking the cute boy who works at the bank out for a first date, if you order mountain oysters from the menu, he might suggest that "Calf fries on a first date are NOT good j'metiquette" before deleting your number from his cell phone.
3. If a person sits in the front row of an LSAT wearing nothing over his nether bits but a
loose-fitting pair of cut-offs, the proctor might scribble "Gymetiquette fail" on the top of his exam.
4. When settling in for a friendly game of
poker, if one of the players insists on licking every card, the other players might mutter, "that ain't
proper gymetiquette," before throwing
pork rinds at the card-licker.
