Cruise Elroy

proper noun

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.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. slangvideo gamesThe 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.

    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.

    1 more example

    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.

    2018, Alex Wade, The Pac-Man Principle: A User's Guide To Capitalism

Origin

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

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Cruise Elroy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cruise%20Elroy

MLA

“Cruise Elroy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cruise%20Elroy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cruise Elroy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cruise%20Elroy.

Source: Cruise Elroy on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.