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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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Demolcrashic
Created by: kateh
Pronunciation: dem-uhl-crash-ik
Sentence: One of these days I'm going to run over one of the members of this demolcrashic that runs down this street every Saturday morning when they are taking over the road.
Etymology: demolish (to ruin or destroy) + demographic (the statistical data of a population) + crash (to collide, especially violently and noisily)
Raffic
Created by: aj3131
Pronunciation: Raffic
Sentence: There was a lot of raffic on the street this morning.
Etymology: R(unning)+(Tr)affic
Scuttlepack
Created by: Filthy
Pronunciation: /SKTLPK/
Sentence: The scuttlepack of joggers training for the upcoming mini-marathon clogged the streets downtown, causing me to be late to work.
Etymology: Scuttle + pack Scuttle conveys both the movement of the runners and the destruction they wreak through their pack-like running style.
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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Herdjog
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: Herd-Jog
Sentence: That herdjog almost got run over by a tractor trailer.
Etymology: Herd + Jog
Pedoton
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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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.
Marathrong
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mar/a/throng
Sentence: The marathrong consisted of over a thousand runners who ignored the light signals and blocked the intersection for three light changes.
Etymology: marathon + throng
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COMMENTS:
very nice - petaj, 2007-03-01: 04:53:00
another great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-01: 09:19:00
I like it - mugglesport, 2007-03-01: 10:40:00
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Stampedophiles
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: stam ped o fyls
Sentence: The Stampedophiles were galloping en masse down Fourth Avenue. Their goal was to get to the Calgary Stampede after having watched the Stampeders get trounced by the Eskimos (again). Like the bison who used to roam this area, they trampled everything in their way.
Etymology: Stampede (a headlong rush of people on a common impulse) & Pedo (Greek:of on foot/on soil/about children) & Philes (Greek:attracted to;Loves)
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