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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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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
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...
Stompede
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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Jogstalt
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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Pedoton
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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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
Egotrippers
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: egotrippers
Sentence: they are a bunch of egotrippers
Etymology: ego and tripping as in beeing totally in yourselve.
Easystriders
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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Shoekluxklan
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
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
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