{"id":6,"date":"2007-03-01T15:49:46","date_gmt":"2007-03-01T19:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=6"},"modified":"2007-03-31T16:30:49","modified_gmt":"2007-03-31T20:30:49","slug":"wait-cant-you-guys-read-thats-a-stop-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=6","title":{"rendered":"Wait! Can&#8217;t you guys read? That&#8217;s a stop sign!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> A group of runners that moves as a single entity, ignoring traffic signals and pedestrians alike.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"> <\/font> <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/lists\/images\/jimage\/runners.png\" alt=\"Wait! Can't you guys read? That's a stop sign!\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Marathrong<\/strong>:  \/<em>mar-a-throng<\/em>\/ The marathrong consisted of over a thousand runners who ignored the light signals and blocked the intersection for three light changes. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  marathon + throng <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Shoekluxklan<\/strong>:  \/<em>shu-klux-klan<\/em>\/ After dark, on a rain slicked road the shoekluxklan, reflective stripes glowing eerily, thundered past, eyes forward, a single goal in mind &#8211; burning calories <em>Etymology:<\/em>  shoe +Ku Klux Klan  <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Joggernaut<\/strong>:  \/<em>jog gur naught<\/em>\/ The joggernaut ran over two miles, four hundred metres and three buggies. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  juggernaut, jogger <em>Created by:<\/em> galwaywegian.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Stampedestrians<\/strong>:  \/<em>Stam-peed-est-tree-ans<\/em>\/ Traffic came to a standstill after a collision in which a truck clearly had more momentum than the stampedestrians it bowled over. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Stampede + pedestrians. Bit of a near miss, since the definition calls for a collective noun&#8230; <em>Created by:<\/em> Discoveria.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=runners\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=runners<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">Be Creative,<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">James<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/\/\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: A group of runners that moves as a single entity, ignoring traffic signals and pedestrians alike. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Marathrong: \/mar-a-throng\/ The marathrong consisted of over a thousand runners who ignored the light signals and blocked the intersection for three light changes. Etymology: marathon + throng Created by: Stevenson0. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=6\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wait! Can&#8217;t you guys read? That&#8217;s a stop sign!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}