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DEFINITION: n. A group of runners that moves as a single entity, ignoring traffic signals and pedestrians alike. v. To run in a herd without watching where you are going.
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Noseeinggofasters
Created by: idonnathepiranha
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Those noseeinggofasters would have gotten there alot faster if they would of drove their vehicle.
Etymology: Blind; but can see if looking,depart,take off,swift moving,human health species.
Monodrome
Created by: JoePeacock
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The overwhelming monodrome was sweeping across the city: on this one day of the year travelling by car was simply not an option.
Etymology: mono- from the Greek for the number one; -drome from the Greek dromos, meaning running, or race.
Malignajoggers
Created by: toralora
Pronunciation: mal/i/gna/djogg/ehrs
Sentence: Those malignajoggers ran over my aunt.
Etymology: Malignent + joggers
Stampedestrians
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: Stam-peed-est-tree-ans
Sentence: Traffic came to a standstill after a collision in which a truck clearly had more momentum than the stampedestrians it bowled over.
Etymology: Stampede + pedestrians. Bit of a near miss, since the definition calls for a collective noun...
Shoekluxklan
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: shu/klux/klan
Sentence: After dark, on a rain slicked road the shoekluxklan, reflective stripes glowing eerily, thundered past, eyes forward, a single goal in mind - burning calories
Etymology: shoe +Ku Klux Klan
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COMMENTS:
scary but funny - porsche, 2007-03-01: 10:59:00
Best word of the day! Funny and pokes fun at runners and racers and racists - multi-layered humour. Now what's a good word for multi-layered intelligent humour? How about 'bantier'? - Stevenson0, 2007-03-01: 11:47:00
how about witfulness? - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-01: 13:26:00
Whimsiwhizwit. Naw, looks Russian. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-01: 14:05:00
looks like you might get snowed in again purple - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-01: 16:16:00
Thanks for the warning Jabber. Looks like freezing rain and a melting of the snow. My sump pump will be getting a good workout. My state's weather motto - we put the "vain" in Pennsylvainia. (My spelling, of course.) - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-01: 18:27:00
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Sociopathletes
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: so shee o path leetz
Sentence: Every Saturday you could see them running through the neighborhood. The 8 of them called themselves The Marrythoners, as they had all met while in marathon training and ended up marrying each other. We however called them the Sociopathletes. When they set out each weekend, they travelled as one and ignored traffic rules and basic mores of society. They thought they were Kings of the Road but we thought they were Things Needing Towed. They set race relations way back...
Etymology: Sociopath (someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath') & Social (a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity;marked by friendly companionship with others) & Athletes (a person trained to compete in sports)
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COMMENTS:
If everyone were a sociopath what would normal be? - artr, 2009-09-21: 11:29:00
nice:) - galwaywegian, 2009-09-21: 14:30:00
hehe, like it... - mweinmann, 2009-09-23: 08:57:00
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Joghogs
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: jog/hogs
Sentence: As the joghogs approached the intersection, three cars rear-ended one another, two LOLs out for a leisurely stroll shook their index fingers, and one burly basset hound without a leash waddled along after them.
Etymology: jog + hogs
Trotpack
Created by: sunny
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The old woman was crushed by the huge trotpack.
Etymology:
Gangruntality
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: gang-run-tal-i-ty
Sentence: When Jason ran with his group he joined a gangruntality with his fellow runners as they blatantly disregarded all traffic laws, daring people to honk or swear at them. His mother told him never to get involved with a gang, but he couldn't help it. This was the street, and jogging alone here was asking for trouble. Besides, running through stop signs and knocking down old ladies made him feel rebellious and free, just like James Dean -- a runner without a cause.
Etymology: From "gang mentality": a feeling that allows individual members of a group feel invincible, larger in importance or strengthened -- often used in reference to street gang behavior + Gang: refers to a herd of buffalo, elk, or a pack or wild dogs; a group of people who engage in wrongdoing + run: jog + mentality: attitude or way of thinking
Streetfleet
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: street - fleet
Sentence: The Mount Prospect runners group had become a streetfleet. There were now 25 of them running togehter and darting in and out of traffic.... They were fast, but they were dangerous.
Etymology: street, fleet (moving very fast; "fleet of foot,A group of vessels or vehicles)
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COMMENTS:
good one - galwaywegian, 2009-09-21: 14:31:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Jabberwocky.
Thank you Jabberwocky! ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-03-01: 20:50:00
Lots of similar thinking on this one.
wordmeister - 2007-03-01: 22:10:00
Hey ErWenn, The way I see it there are two groups of words here. Those who like runners:Easystriders, Pedoton, Marathrong, and your Jogstalt. And those who don't: Stompede, Jogmob, Syncrunidiots, Stampedestrian, and the Shoekluxklan! Overall -- very creative!
Today's definition was suggested by Jabberwocky. Thank you Jabberwocky. ~ James
mutya123 - 2011-02-03: 07:15:00
heeheheheh