Runon: verb. This word has two meanings, which are used in very specific contexts:
1. When running a marathon, to continue running even after having finished the marathon. There are very few instances of this ever happening, although it has several times resulted in the lapping of several of the slower runners. The word was developed in this field by commentators of marathons, while they were having their lunch break.
2. To, while writing a text, intentionally leave out punctuation, such as commas, full stops, dashes and colons, and combine sentences to create, what is known as a run-on sentence, and as an observant reader may have noticed, this sentence itself is an excellent example of the aforementioned runoning.
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