Verboticisms

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

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: pricks + pack

Sentence: I got bowled over by that a prickspack this morning - why can't they look where they're going?

Etymology: Well, you've heard of a six pack...

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: stom-PEED

Sentence: While trying to cross 5th Avenue I was nearly taken out by a taxi, a bus, and then a stompede of fitness freaks.

Etymology: stomp stomp stomp oh no, there they go!

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COMMENTS:

Simpler than mine...here's my vote! - Discoveria, 2007-03-01: 05:20:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌdʒɑɡˈʃtɑlt/

Sentence: The optimum size of a jogstalt is between four and seven runners. Larger groups tend to stretch and then splinter unless the sidewalk is very wide, and runners in smaller groups retain too much independence.

Etymology: From jog + gestalt

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COMMENTS:

Too obscure, perhaps? - ErWenn, 2007-03-01: 01:28:00

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Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: ped-oh-tawn

Sentence: The marathoners ran in a pedoton which moved like a phalanx through the streets and traffic of the city.

Etymology: ped (foot) + peloton (cycilng pack)

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COMMENTS:

This is a very good word which I think runners will like... even they do roll over a few of the slower moving peds. - wordmeister, 2007-03-01: 00:15:00

Yes, I thought peloton would be good too, but liked the image of the way amoeba move. - petaj, 2007-03-01: 04:57:00

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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

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Created by: josje

Pronunciation: egotrippers

Sentence: they are a bunch of egotrippers

Etymology: ego and tripping as in beeing totally in yourselve.

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: Ez-zE-strI-ders

Sentence: David and his gang of easystriders set out to accomplish the runners high, stopping at nothing, and stomping anything in their path.

Etymology: easy rider/ stride, a runners motion

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COMMENTS:

Good one Toad! They are kinda like those bike gangs. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-01: 08:38:00

very good word toadstool57 - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-01: 13:50:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: shu/klux/klan

Sentence: After dark, on a rain slicked road, the shoekluxklan, reflective strips glowing eerily, thundered past, eyes forward, a single goal in mind - to burn calories.

Etymology: shoe + Ku Klux Klan

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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

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