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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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Joglomerate

Created by: iwasatripwire

Pronunciation: jog-lahm-er-ut

Sentence: The joglomerate was heading straight for us, and we ducked into an alley just in time.

Etymology: jog+conglomerate

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COMMENTS:

Well done. Lot's of stiff competition this time. - ErWenn, 2007-03-02: 09:00:00

I can spell "lots" properly. I must've been distracted by a passing joglomerate or something. - ErWenn, 2007-03-02: 09:02:00

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Amaurotang

Created by: rickki

Pronunciation: amaurotang is a mixture of amaurotic which means blindness and gang. said like am-or-o-tang

Sentence: "Gosh look at that amorotang mum!"

Etymology:

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Stompeders

Created by: Snark

Pronunciation:

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Etymology:

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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...

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Jogmob

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: Djogg-mobb

Sentence: As he crossed the intersection, John felt some shaking in the Hummvee's suspension; he had just run over a whole jogmob! And looking back he saw that it was the complete Olympics marathon-team!

Etymology: to jog + a mob

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Hastenhorde

Created by: catgrin

Pronunciation: hey-suhn-hohrd

Sentence: A hastenhorde is as real a danger in urban areas as a herd of startled wildebeest is on the Serengeti.

Etymology: simple compound of "hasten" meaning "hurry" and "horde" meaning "a moving pack or swarm of animals"

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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

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Syncrunidiots

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: sink-run-id-ee-uts

Sentence: Before they set out to create the day's jogjam, the syncrunidiots would recite their daily prayer: Yea that we know red from green, deliver us from under the wheels of public transit...

Etymology: synchronize, run, idiots

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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

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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)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-01: 00:00:01
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!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-21: 00:05:00
Today's definition was suggested by Jabberwocky. Thank you Jabberwocky. ~ James

mutya123 - 2011-02-03: 07:15:00
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