Meaning & use

Plogging

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The activity of jogging while picking up litter along the route.

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Every Saturday, the club meets in the park for an hour of plogging.

Plogging has grown popular as a way to combine fitness with environmental cleanup.

A note on using this word

"Plogging" is a blend of the Swedish plocka upp ("pick up") and "jogging," coined in Sweden around 2016 before spreading internationally.

Words with a similar meaning

litter jogging

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