Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The pursuit or capture of salmon; also, the salmon industry, as canning.
- noun The habit of feeding on salmon; also, a disease of dogs due to this diet.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word salmoning.
Examples
-
In any case, once the world is convinced by the Forces of Douche that crashing is desirable, we will be transformed into a legion of zombies, "salmoning" to our own demise:
Conspiracy Theory: "Soylent Green is Douches!" BikeSnobNYC 2010
-
Here's the view other cyclists will have when you're "salmoning" towards them.
Archive 2010-08-01 BikeSnobNYC 2010
-
Here's the view other cyclists will have when you're "salmoning" towards them.
BSNYC Product Review: Electra Ticino 8D BikeSnobNYC 2010
-
Speaking of "salmoning," video of what can only be the World's Dumbest Bike Messenger recently surfaced.
Round and Round: In Search of Direction BikeSnobNYC 2010
-
Abusing the lane by "salmoning" in it, riding your razor scooter in it (in any direction), skateboarding in it (in any direction), running in it (with or without shoes, in any direction), is defeating the purpose of the bike lane's existence.
Barefoot in the Park: Keeping Up Appearances BikeSnobNYC 2010
-
Upstate, we have deer that sometimes body-block cyclists in the road, but human predators tend to be middle-schoolers who think salmoning is the preferred form of urban cycling.
The Dignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Cold-Blooded Murder BikeSnobNYC 2010
-
The possibilities are endless, including three dimensional salmoning.
"I'm Your Mama," Quoth Necessity to Invention BikeSnobNYC 2010
-
I was on my weekend ride, in crossing a small pedestrian bridge with tourist walkers and cyclists salmoning and cirlcing in various states of oblivion, as is wont to happen on a wide pedestrian bridge.
Pull My Strings: The New Puppetry BikeSnobNYC 2010
-
Yet still, I also drive a car often enough to get enraged by salmoning lightless riders and other related idiots that only reinforce the public's bad perception of cyclists.
Enhanced Performance: Oiling the Squeaky Wheel BikeSnobNYC 2010
-
This salmoning and shoaling has gotten out of control.
BSNYC Friday Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune! BikeSnobNYC 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.