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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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Ignorundle
Created by: mrspadgett
Pronunciation: ig-nor-undle
Sentence: That ignorundle just went through a no walking light!
Etymology: ignorant (uninformed or unaware) + bundle (a collective number of individuals)
Trotpack
Created by: sunny
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The old woman was crushed by the huge trotpack.
Etymology:
Malignajoggers
Created by: toralora
Pronunciation: mal/i/gna/djogg/ehrs
Sentence: Those malignajoggers ran over my aunt.
Etymology: Malignent + joggers
Swarmenemies
Created by: magenta
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Swarmenemies are my sworn enemies when I'm trying to drive to work
Etymology:
Demolcrashic
Created by: kateh
Pronunciation: dem-uhl-crash-ik
Sentence: One of these days I'm going to run over one of the members of this demolcrashic that runs down this street every Saturday morning when they are taking over the road.
Etymology: demolish (to ruin or destroy) + demographic (the statistical data of a population) + crash (to collide, especially violently and noisily)
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
Raffic
Created by: aj3131
Pronunciation: Raffic
Sentence: There was a lot of raffic on the street this morning.
Etymology: R(unning)+(Tr)affic
Herdathon
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: HER-da-THON
Sentence: I was walking my dog this morning when a herdathon ploughed into us - and then were shocked when three of them tripped over the dog-leash!
Etymology: 'herd' - a group of (often-) mindless beasts '-thon' - as in 'marathon'
Zonecrowd
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: zown-croud
Sentence: Rachel was locked in a zonecrowd of runners toward the end of the marathon.
Etymology: zone, crowd
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
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