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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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Maramob
Created by: itsme
Pronunciation: May-rah-mawb
Sentence: Suzy was annoyed when she almost ran over the maramob.
Etymology: marathon; mob
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
Joggernaught
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: JAW-ger-nawt
Sentence: The joggernaught crossed the street heedless of the crossing signal and proceeded to cross the middle school field in defiance of the kickball game being played there.
Etymology: Jogger + [jugger]naught (an unstoppable object in motion)
Streetgremlin
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
Clannore
Created by: skepsis
Pronunciation: klan-or
Sentence: A large clannor almost caused a crash today when they ran through a stop sign.
Etymology: clan and ignore
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.
Joggle
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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FreeToys - 2007-08-31: 06:38:00
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