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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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Joggang
Created by: bettyann9
Pronunciation: jogang
Sentence: Did you see that joggang? They nearly ran down an old lady. Fraggin joggang bangers.
Etymology: jog+gang
Prickspack
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...
Floorit
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: floor/it
Sentence: The group of runners in their little silky shorts ignored the traffic signal. She grinned as she gunned it and said "Yeehaw, a group of floorits!"
Etymology: Floor: Put the pedal to the medal. It
Stampedestrian
Created by: whimsy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The cross-country runners quickly formed a group of stampedestrians at the beginning of the race, promptly mowing down a dogwalker, a small child, and a squirrel that was in their path.
Etymology: stampede + pedestrians
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personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath') & Social (a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity;marked by friendly companionship with others) & Athletes (a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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Herdjog
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: Herd-Jog
Sentence: That herdjog almost got run over by a tractor trailer.
Etymology: Herd + Jog
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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Stampedophiles
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: stam ped o fyls
Sentence: The Stampedophiles were galloping en masse down Fourth Avenue. Their goal was to get to the Calgary Stampede after having watched the Stampeders get trounced by the Eskimos (again). Like the bison who used to roam this area, they trampled everything in their way.
Etymology: Stampede (a headlong rush of people on a common impulse) & Pedo (Greek:of on foot/on soil/about children) & Philes (Greek:attracted to;Loves)
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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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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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