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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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Noseeinggofasters
Created by: idonnathepiranha
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Those noseeinggofasters would have gotten there alot faster if they would of drove their vehicle.
Etymology: Blind; but can see if looking,depart,take off,swift moving,human health species.
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
Raffic
Created by: aj3131
Pronunciation: Raffic
Sentence: There was a lot of raffic on the street this morning.
Etymology: R(unning)+(Tr)affic
Jorg
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: Jorg like Borg. [Jogmob was the first and nearly logical association i had with this definition, but bruce-unfortunate-lee i was some weeks late...)
Sentence: "Walking is futile" was the last thing i heard before i joined the Jorg.
Etymology: Jogging Mob + Borg = Jorg.
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)
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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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:
Clusterflock
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)
Egotrippers
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: egotrippers
Sentence: they are a bunch of egotrippers
Etymology: ego and tripping as in beeing totally in yourselve.
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