Verboticisms

Created by: GlennJericho

Pronunciation: street-grem-lin

Sentence: The streetgremlins were causing havok it the streets.

Etymology: gremlin- from the movie "Gremlins." Strange creatures, which spawn other creatures who transform into small, destructive monsters

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Created by: pakka

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Sentence: The joggers were all in a runstupor and when they crossed the street were hit by the bus.

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Created by: duefiori

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Sentence: As I was driving through the city i was delayed by a runpede passing by.

Etymology: run + stampede

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Created by: mattbear

Pronunciation: Kluh-jawg

Sentence: I wanted to make a right turn on 5th, but there was a clujog going by.

Etymology: cluster + jog=clujog

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Created by: savta

Pronunciation: ruh - nuh - gram

Sentence: Pedestrians and drivers alike took evasive action as the runagram hurtled towards them.

Etymology: English run; Latin ag- field or open space; English ram (as in battering ram)

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Created by: drudra

Pronunciation: ig-nohr-uhn-ihm

Sentence: Shortly after the start of the "Round the City" race, one could spot a few ignoruneams at various locations of the race route.

Etymology: [Ignor] from Ignorant + [run] from running + [eam] from team. Ignorant Running Teams - without distinction of leader or follower, ignorant to traffic rules, signals and pedestrians, moving as a team.

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Created by: SoyLocoMoco

Pronunciation: ath-lem-ings

Sentence: That whole pack of athlemmings got crushed when the first one failed to see the truck.

Etymology: athlete + lemmings

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Created by: shiftysquid

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Sentence: I would have gotten here 15 minutes earlier, but a damn runvoy got in my way.

Etymology: runners + convoy

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Created by: davidrmarlborough

Pronunciation: air - oh - beh - borg

Sentence: Even though the turn signal was green, I had to check my right side for the presence of an aerobiborg in hopes of avoiding direct contact. As it's numbers grow the aerobiborg want only one thing - to assimilate!

Etymology: aerobi (from aerobic, the type of activity the borg engage in) + borg (the single consciousness you fall victim to when you join the collective)

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Created by: joelb

Pronunciation: DASH-holes

Sentence: I missed the light because those dasholes couldn't stop for ten seconds!

Etymology: dash + assholes

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