Pedestrian Gravity

The law of physics which dictates that a slow pedestrian who is about to be overtaken by a fast pedestrian will suddenly and without warning swerve into the path of the fast pedestrian as if they are attracted to each other by real gravity. The slower pedestrian is usually oblivious to their surroundings and is quite dumb. The effect of Pedestrian Gravity increases exponentially with speed, with near or actual accidents occuring at high rates of speed.

I was hustling home along a busy sidewalk to take a dump but I didn't account for Pedestrian Gravity. This oblivious moron swerved right into my path and I bumped into her. We both fell over and I almost crapped my pants.

by McCreators October 11, 2011

Superior pedestrian

A person who can navigate sidewalks, crosswalks and other public areas with an ease, grace and agility that render them more efficient than other pedestrians.

Someone who applies logic and foresight when partaking in public area travelling on foot.

No one knows how to walk on a sidewalk in San Francisco. The city has a very low Superior pedestrian population.

"-Wow, you really worked your way through that crowd, you must be quite the superior pedestrian."

by snc January 1, 2013

Murphy's Pedestrian-Perks Law

Refers to the infuriatingly-common "lousy timing" occurrence of your seldom encountering the usually-hoped-for opportunities/pleasantries (i.e., neighbors relaxing on their front porches/lawns whom you can shoot the breeze with on your way by, pretty girls to hold hands with and "chat up for a few", sizable numbers of discarded returnable containers, etc.) whenever you're out for a stroll or otherwise leisurely traipsing around your local area on foot, yet when you either hitch a ride with someone or are "a man on a mission" in your own vehicle and thus you can't "acceptably" stop to avail yourself of any of these assorted "sidewalk delights", the roadsides you travel along will either be "chock-full of friendlies" or "Bottle/Can City", and so you'll be mentally "climbin' da walls" at having to agonizingly pass on by all of those much-desired goodies.

It was foggy and chilly when I started out walking around town to complete my weekly errands-list, and so there was hardly another soul outdoors, but then sometime later when I was riding back again with a neighbor who'd offered me a lift home, the weather turned clear and balmy again, and there were lots of smiley-faced sundress-clad cuties strolling the walks all over town! Guess it was Murphy's Pedestrian-Perks Law at work!

by QuacksO July 21, 2018

Podestrian

Person who owns an iPod, the best digital music player there is. Other players flat out suck and are over priced. Also the only player that can play mp4.

128 megabytes of memory for $70?! Fuck that, I'm getting a 20 gigabyte iPod for $260 because it has 160 times the memory for only 4 times the $$$.

by smarterthanyou January 23, 2005

Pedestrian Shuffle

The dance one performs when crossing a busy street but isn't sure how fast the oncoming traffic is going and doesn't know if it's okay to cross.
Usually performed while either in a hurry, on the phone, listening to an iPod, or texting.

While texting on her blackberry, Janice did the pedestrian shuffle when she suddenly realized she was walking into a busy street.

by Drew.B February 11, 2009

Red Sea Pedestrian

An obscure slur against Jews hinting at their escape from Egypt across, you guessed it, the Red Sea.

Malachi is such a Red Sea pedestrian.

by WFM60 September 7, 2009

predestrian

A pedestrian who actively tries to get hit by a car, with the hope of scoring a lucrative lawsuit against the driver.

"Jason, looks like that guy you ran over last year filed a lawsuit against you."
"But he was totally asking for it--one of those greedy predestrians."

by dranpa May 1, 2016