Ricter Scale

The scale of the intensity of the need to expel a "running-induced crap." 1 would be slight abdominal pain; 10 would be an explosion capable of setting the sky on fire.

"I was so humiliated when I hit a 10 on the Ricter scale at the last mile of my long run. At my running buddies bought me beers afterward to make their making fun of me bearable."

Journal Scare

A nickname for the generally charming Journal Square neighborhood of Jersey City that highlights its more unsavory elements.

"Can you believe that 5 police officers were shot the other night in Journal Scare?"

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semendipity

When a boy gets play -- and sexual release -- when he least expects it.

"The possibility of meeting someone was the last thing on my mind, but in a stroke of semendipity I made out with that girl all night long."

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food run

When you plan a long run, typically between 7 and 20 miles, to end at a destination for food you would only eat after having finished a long run.

"I mapped a 10-mile food run from lower Manhattan to Bensonhurst because I wanted to reward myself with a giant bowl of pho and vietnamese snacks at the end. (Nevermind that that I live less than a mile away from perfectly delicious pho!)"

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