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: harveyjones

Pronunciation: jog-gur-nots

Sentence: I narrowly missed these cursed JOGGERNAUTS yesterday

Etymology: Jog: To move by shoving, bumping, or jerking. Jugernaut: Something, such as a belief or institution, that elicits blind and destructive devotion or to which people are ruthlessly sacrificed. (American Heritage Dictionary)

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Created by: sauravarya

Pronunciation: bli-ners

Sentence: Blinners have caused a mess in traffic.

Etymology: Blind,Runners

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Created by: jabbermarky

Pronunciation: jah-gul

Sentence: I narrowly missed the green light as the joggle ran in front of me.

Etymology: from jog and gaggle.

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Created by: earljw

Pronunciation: RUN-e-mal

Sentence: I had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting that runimal

Etymology: run + animal

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Created by: barcena

Pronunciation: Pine Key

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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

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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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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: 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

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