Gymbership

Gymbership: noun. A membership to a gym, or a ship made up of large pieces of timber/lumber. Interestingly, the original meaning of the word is the one associated with a gymnasium. In Ancient greece, the word was used to describe being a member of an institution not only for physical, but also intellectual exercise. It was only in the 17th century that sailors and carpenters began to use the word to refer to galleons, frigates, fluyts and barques. The famous critic of everything, Christopher Marlowe wrote an entire book discussing the matter of the word, aptly titled "The Massacre at Paris". The authors of this blog highly recommend the book as delightful reading.