Verboticisms

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)

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Created by: radrach

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Sentence: Sharon was nearly run over by some unruly oblivicizers while walking her dog this morning.

Etymology: oblivious+ exercisers

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Created by: HawthorneWingo

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Created by: willtuck

Pronunciation: ped-eh-mob

Sentence: "Look out! There's a pedemob coming your way!"

Etymology: Pedestrian + Mob

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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: 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.

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Created by: elron

Pronunciation: jog-throng

Sentence: I tried to cross the street, but the jogthrong blocked my way for two minutes.

Etymology: From jog - to run at a slow pace and throng - a large group of people moving together.

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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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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.

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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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