Verboticisms

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

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Created by: SoyLocoMoco

Pronunciation: ath-lem-ings

Sentence: That whole pack of athlemmings got crushed when the first one failed to see the truck.

Etymology: athlete + lemmings

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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: 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

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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)

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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

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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: skepsis

Pronunciation: klan-or

Sentence: A large clannor almost caused a crash today when they ran through a stop sign.

Etymology: clan and ignore

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Created by: barabajagal

Pronunciation: jaw-guh-peed

Sentence: Crossing the street with a precariously balanced tray of coffee for the entire office, I was nearly spun out of control by a 20-strong jogapede.

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Created by: mattbear

Pronunciation: Kluh-jawg

Sentence: I wanted to make a right turn on 5th, but there was a clujog going by.

Etymology: cluster + jog=clujog

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