Verboticism: Marathrong
DEFINITION: A group of runners that moves as a single entity, ignoring traffic signals and pedestrians alike.
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Sneakerswarm
Created by: smdev
Pronunciation: snee-kerswawrm
Sentence: Mary moved off the sidewalk to allow an approaching sneakerswarm to pass.
Etymology:
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
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.
Maramob
Created by: itsme
Pronunciation: May-rah-mawb
Sentence: Suzy was annoyed when she almost ran over the maramob.
Etymology: marathon; mob
Autoimpede
Created by: noztril
Pronunciation: aw toh im peed
Sentence: The floats and marching band came to a screeching halt as the autoimpede passed by
Etymology: automobile impede centipede
Dasholes
Created by: joelb
Pronunciation: DASH-holes
Sentence: I missed the light because those dasholes couldn't stop for ten seconds!
Etymology: dash + assholes
Runtards
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: run-tards
Sentence: The runtards jogged through downtown Manhattan, taking out a news stand, a hotdog vendor, and a little old lady along the way.
Etymology: run, retards
Runinnies
Created by: torpid
Pronunciation: ruh-nin-ees
Sentence: The lexus driver nearly had a heart attack as a group of runinnies obliviously ran right into the intersection despite having a don't walk sign.
Etymology: run + ninny
