Verboticisms

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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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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Created by: sunny

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The old woman was crushed by the huge trotpack.

Etymology:

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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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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: 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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Created by: bettyann9

Pronunciation: jogang

Sentence: Did you see that joggang? They nearly ran down an old lady. Fraggin joggang bangers.

Etymology: jog+gang

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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: 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

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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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