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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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Raccrew
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: raik-kru
Sentence: Tahir is a member of school raccrew.
Etymology: Race + Crew
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.
Packhazard
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
Malignajoggers
Created by: toralora
Pronunciation: mal/i/gna/djogg/ehrs
Sentence: Those malignajoggers ran over my aunt.
Etymology: Malignent + joggers
Herdaling
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: her dah ling
Sentence: the team ran so close to each other they were herdaling together.
Etymology: from herding and hurdling
Stampedestrian
Created by: whimsy
Pronunciation:
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
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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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
Zonecrowd
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: zown-croud
Sentence: Rachel was locked in a zonecrowd of runners toward the end of the marathon.
Etymology: zone, crowd
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