Originally Posted by
CAT7RDR
Pyrite or Fool's Gold.
Pyritic the adjective for Pyrite aka Fool's Gold.
In my context, the analogy is motorized equipment gave a false idea of fitness.
Thus, when I quit the gym and started hiking and road climbing, I recognized my folly.
I made a poor investment in time and sweat equity on the treadmill.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/foolsgold.asp
I was gonna comment saying it probably has something to do with fool's gold. Thanks for clarifying that. But you seem to be the only person in the world who's ever used that word that way on the internet.
Not knocking it - I'm a big fan of people being creative with the English language. I might start using that word too