Pythons

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈpaɪ.θənz/
• US IPA: /ˈpaɪ.θɑnz/

From inflection of python.

Noun

plural

1. Plural of python

Apparently originating from an analogy between the distention of the arm muscles and the distended belly of a python that has swallowed a large animal.

Full definition of pythons

Noun

1. (bodybuilding, slang) Large and well-developed muscles in the upper arm.
• 2010, Mark Alvisi (quote from a reader), "Mark of a Champion", Muscular Development‎ 47(1): 350I read in another magazine about a workout that can put a whole inch on your arms in just one day! Obviously that sounds awesome, because my guns are only 15 inches. I figure I could do this workout every couple months and within a year, I will have the big 20-inch pythons!

Synonyms

• (large muscles in the arm) biceps, guns