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DEFINITION: A group of runners that moves as a single entity, ignoring traffic signals and pedestrians alike.
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Ignoruneam
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.
Joggerhogs
Created by: graypenguin
Pronunciation: jah-ger-hogs
Sentence: Those darn joggerhogs think they own the road!
Etymology:
Crascade
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: KRAS-kade
Sentence: Bob was walking along the road by the seaside, munching on a doughnut, when all of sudden a pack of runners careered by. He watched them go by in awe, and the sight was enough to make him toss the doughnut in a bin, and become part of this athplethe. Little did he know that his chance meeting with this crascade and their ranipulations would be the start of a two-hour-long, helotonic roadmare.
Etymology: Blend of crass & cade of motorcade, etc. Crass:lacking in discrimination & sensibilty; -cade: procession of people travelling in motorcars (also cavalcade & cascade). Heletonic : blend of hell & peloton & ic.
Pedoton
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ped-o-ton
Sentence: Pedotons are an occupational hazard around here. It has got so bad that they are putting in pedoton lanes alongside the bike lanes.
Etymology: peleton
Fastzis
Created by: faithlessphil
Pronunciation: fast-zees
Sentence: The last thing Ellen saw before the accident was the quick blur of Nike swooshes as the Fastzis knocked her down.
Etymology: Fast + Nazis
Clujog
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
Moronithoners
Created by: andbot37
Pronunciation: more-ON-ə-thon-ers
Sentence: MORONITHONERS successfully combine the arts of masochism and mass annoyance by running across the street against cross traffic.
Etymology: Moroni- from moronic Thoners- from marathon
Runinnies
Created by: torpid
Pronunciation: ruh-nin-ees
Sentence: The lexus driver nearly had a heart attack as a group of runinnies obliviously ran right into the intersection despite having a don't walk sign.
Etymology: run + ninny
Bumpertargets
Created by: fanoog
Pronunciation:
Sentence: those idiots are bumpertargets!
Etymology:
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FreeToys - 2007-08-31: 06:38:00
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