jazzercise
English
Etymology
Blend of jazz + exercise, a trademark of the 1960s.
Noun
jazzercise (uncountable)
- A form of aerobic exercise based on jazz dance.
- 2004, Karin Slaughter, A Faint Cold Fear: A Novel, page 107:
- I don't know when the hearse is gonna be ready, and Mama has her Jazzercise on Mondays.
- 2002, Jennifer Weiner, In Her Shoes: A Novel, page 136:
- Probably because when she got her period, her father had been so completely freaked out he'd left her in the bathroom, bleeding onto wadded-up toilet paper, for three hours, until Sydelle returned from her Jazzercise class with a box of sanitary napkins.
- 1983, Belinda E. Puetz, Linda J. Shinn, Networking for Nurses: Intra and Interprofessional Relations, page 148:
- Denise reports that one of the members of her Jazzercise class works for City Hospital, where the nurses also are organized.
- 2004, Karin Slaughter, A Faint Cold Fear: A Novel, page 107:
Related terms
- aquasize, aquacise
- boxercise
- dancersize, dancercise
- sexercise