Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cruise elroy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: cruise el-roy
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The enemy ghost character Blinky in the 1980 video game Pac-Man, when he enters a mode in which he can outpace the player character Pac-Man.

Slang

Example Sentences

"As the player munches through the dots, pills and spirits of the maze, Blinky is provided with extra speed, turning him into what is commonly known as 'Cruise Elroy'. The origin of this term is unknown, but it is believed to be attributed to Spencer Ouren of the Bozeman Think Tank which cracked the problem of grouping ghosts in Ms. Pac-Man."
"2021, Holger Weßling, Jack Goldstein, 101 Amazing Facts about Pac-Man Cruise Elroy breaks the rules in that he sometimes chases after Pac-Man even in scatter mode."

Etymology

Unknown; the term does not appear in the game itself.

Usage

Slang

Questions

What does cruise elroy mean?: The enemy ghost character Blinky in the 1980 video game Pac-Man, when he enters a mode in which he can outpace the player character Pac-Man.
Where does cruise elroy come from?: Unknown; the term does not appear in the game itself.

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