Definitions by AP Styles

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!)"

food run by AP Styles August 8, 2009

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."

semendipity by AP Styles August 8, 2009

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."

Ricter Scale by AP Styles August 8, 2009

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?"

Journal Scare by AP Styles August 8, 2009