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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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Aerobiborg
Created by: davidrmarlborough
Pronunciation: air - oh - beh - borg
Sentence: Even though the turn signal was green, I had to check my right side for the presence of an aerobiborg in hopes of avoiding direct contact. As it's numbers grow the aerobiborg want only one thing - to assimilate!
Etymology: aerobi (from aerobic, the type of activity the borg engage in) + borg (the single consciousness you fall victim to when you join the collective)
Jogneglefic
Created by: tdm737
Pronunciation: jog neg le fic
Sentence: Jognegleficing is illegal unless your running in a marathon.
Etymology: Joggers + neglect + traffic. Joggers who neglect traffic signs.
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
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.
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
Marapede
Created by: Martin
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The start of the race created a marapede of epic proportion.
Etymology: marathon + stampede
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
Dasholes
Created by: joelb
Pronunciation: DASH-holes
Sentence: I missed the light because those dasholes couldn't stop for ten seconds!
Etymology: dash + assholes
Runagram
Created by: savta
Pronunciation: ruh - nuh - gram
Sentence: Pedestrians and drivers alike took evasive action as the runagram hurtled towards them.
Etymology: English run; Latin ag- field or open space; English ram (as in battering ram)
Runstupor
Created by: pakka
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The joggers were all in a runstupor and when they crossed the street were hit by the bus.
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FreeToys - 2007-08-31: 06:38:00
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