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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.
Verboticisms
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Swarmenemies
Created by: magenta
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Swarmenemies are my sworn enemies when I'm trying to drive to work
Etymology:
Joggernaut
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: jopg gur nawtt
Sentence: The joggernaut appeared large and quite formidable as it came down the road. It was amazing how one small(cranky) pitbull could cause such a massive effect.
Etymology: juggernaut, jog
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COMMENTS:
good word...run with it! - Nosila, 2009-09-21: 12:26:00
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Fluck
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: fluk
Sentence: It was great fun to do their jogging in the middle of of the city at rush hour and as a fluck they couldn't be ignored! people slowed down or stopped their cars to let them through.
Etymology: amalgamate of flock and truck
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COMMENTS:
Fluck as in "what the fluck? Get out of the way!!!"? - Discoveria, 2007-03-01: 11:13:00
I'll be using this word to describe a lot of annoying groups of things. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-01: 11:59:00
.. and not just "groups of things". Some of those runners are flucking egopists takeing up half of the road! - w5lf9s, 2007-03-01: 13:21:00
How about the always present fluck of movie-goers ever-so-slowly ambling out of the theater? Makes me want to scream "Fire!" - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-01: 18:30:00
..or that fluck of ants, in single file no less, going in and out of your pantry.. - w5lf9s, 2007-03-01: 19:11:00
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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.
Joggernaut
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: jog err nawt
Sentence: He could tell by the flash of dayglo on the horizon and the faraway sound of panting that the joggernaut had hit the outskirts
Etymology: jogger juggernaut
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...
Marathrong
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mar/a/throng
Sentence: The marathrong consisted of over a thousand runners who ignored the light signals and blocked the intersection for three light changes.
Etymology: marathon + throng
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COMMENTS:
very nice - petaj, 2007-03-01: 04:53:00
another great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-01: 09:19:00
I like it - mugglesport, 2007-03-01: 10:40:00
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Antiholisticmissle
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: antīhōlistikmisəl
Sentence: The group of runners move in perfect unison, step for step as they careen toward the finish line, not thinking or caring about the condition of any of their members. Like an antiholisticmissle they streak across the landscape incurring blisters, cramps, dehydration and near stroke conditions, jettisoning weaker runners like spent fuel, all to show how healthy they are.
Etymology: anti (opposed to; against) + holistic (characterized by comprehension of the parts of something as intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole) + missle (a weapon that is self-propelled) A play on anti-ballistic missle
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COMMENTS:
What are they running from?? - Nosila, 2009-09-21: 12:29:00
SCUDs - artr, 2009-09-21: 17:51:00
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Packhazard
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: pak-haz-erd
Sentence: The running club group was off and running in it's typical packhazard fasion, ignoring traffic and traffic signals, pedestrians and anything else that might get in their way.
Etymology: Blend of pack and hazard, play on the work haphazard
Syncrunidiots
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: sink-run-id-ee-uts
Sentence: Before they set out to create the day's jogjam, the syncrunidiots would recite their daily prayer: Yea that we know red from green, deliver us from under the wheels of public transit...
Etymology: synchronize, run, idiots
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