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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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Phalope
Created by: kundalinikat
Pronunciation: fay-lohp
Sentence: Fearlessly, the phalope thundered up the onramp and into traffic; the marathon would not end.
Etymology: Phalanx + lope = phalope.
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.
Bumpertargets
Created by: fanoog
Pronunciation:
Sentence: those idiots are bumpertargets!
Etymology:
Sneakerswarm
Created by: smdev
Pronunciation: snee-kerswawrm
Sentence: Mary moved off the sidewalk to allow an approaching sneakerswarm to pass.
Etymology:
Muppetrun
Created by: lindsaybpink
Pronunciation: muppet - run
Sentence: Whilst waiting to cross the road a group of stupidily rude runners sped past me. At first I thought they were running a marathon and then realised they were just a bunch of muppets, running! Taking part in a muppetrun
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Jorkers
Created by: shifty
Pronunciation: Jor-kers
Sentence: I nearly killed that bunch of jorkers... but they outran my backhoe!
Etymology: Joggers + Jerks / Jokers = Jorkers
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
Marapede
Created by: Martin
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The start of the race created a marapede of epic proportion.
Etymology: marathon + stampede
Comments:
FreeToys - 2007-08-31: 06:38:00
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