Verboticisms

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)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: stamp-hurd

Sentence: The concrete was supposed to last for years but it is no match for the stampherd. Their daily footfalls have caused the city to replace crumbled sidewalk several times in the past few years.

Etymology: stamp (to bring the foot down forcibly or smartly on the ground, floor, etc) + stampede (a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses) + herd (a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock)

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Created by: whimsy

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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

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kləstərfläk

Sentence: Roger continued to root for his home team despite the fact that they were a complete clusterflock.

Etymology: cluster (a group of similar objects growing closely together) + flock (a number of birds of one kind feeding, resting, or traveling together) A play off of cluster(expletive)

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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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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'

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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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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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Created by: lilty4422

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: jopg gur nawtt

Sentence: The joggernaut appeared large and quite formidable as it came down the road. It was amazing how one small(cranky) pitbull could cause such a massive effect.

Etymology: juggernaut, jog

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COMMENTS:

good word...run with it! - Nosila, 2009-09-21: 12:26:00

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