shimmy, prolix, eyebrows were raised.Part workout regimen, part social club, ramblers groups combine two wellness truisms: Walking is good for you, and so is spending time with others.

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...in prolix fashion

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Fitness and Nutrition

Urban Athlete

Shimmying Into Shape

By SHIVANI VORA

Burlesque dancing has recently been embraced by several New York City dance studios and gyms as an outlet for individual expression and to nurture overall health.

shimmy

発音

ʃími

shimmyの変化形

shimmies (複数形) • shimmied (過去形) • shimmied (過去分詞) • shimmying (現在分詞) • shimmies (三人称単数現在)

((米))[名]

1 ((the 〜))シミー：肩・腰を激しく振るダンス.

2 [U][C]（車の前輪の）振動.

3 ((話))シュミーズ(chemise).

━━[動](自)

1 シミーを踊る.

2 シミーを踊るようにして歩く［動く］；揺れる.

shimmy

ˈʃɪmi/

noun

1. 1.

   a kind of ragtime dance in which the whole body shakes or sways.
2. 2.

   shaking, especially abnormal vibration of the wheels of a motor vehicle.

   "steering stabilizers reduce shimmy even from oversized tyres"

verb

1. 1.

   dance the shimmy.
2. 2.

   move effortlessly; glide with a swaying motion.

   "her hair swung in waves as she shimmied down the catwalk"

眉宇

【名詞】

brow, eyebrow, supercilium

それぞれの目より上にある髪のアーチ
(the arch of hair above each eye)

prolix (pro-LIKS, PRO-liks)

adjective
Tediously wordy.

IN BRIEF: Too wordy.

 They did not purchase the product due to the prolix sales presentation.
Etymology
From Latin prolixus (extended, poured), from liquere (to flow), which is also the source of words such as liquid, liquor, licorice. Now you see the connection -- why consuming liquor makes people prolix

Usage
"No one has ever called him prolix. At a future-war seminar that he sponsored, Mr. Andrew Marshall mumbled a few introductory words and then sat in silence, eyebrows arched, arms folded, for the remaining two days." — James Der Derian; The Illusion of a Grand Strategy; The New York Times; May 25, 2001.