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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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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)
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
Herdjog
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: Herd-Jog
Sentence: That herdjog almost got run over by a tractor trailer.
Etymology: Herd + Jog
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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Joggernaut
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: jog gur naught
Sentence: The joggernaut ran over two miles, four hundred metres and three buggies.
Etymology: juggernaut, jogger
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COMMENTS:
I need to find a joggernaut stompede to help me deal with my woeful caloregret. Darn Girl Scouts! (you got my vote!) - Alchemist, 2007-03-01: 07:47:00
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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)
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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Trackpack
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: trak/pak
Sentence: The trackpack parted the crowd like Moses parting the Red Sea
Etymology: Track + 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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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