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DEFINITION: v. To instinctively slam your foot on "the brakes" even though you're just a passenger. Often occurs when the actual driver fails to brake appropriately. n. A sudden jerk of the leg.
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Brakesercise
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: brake-ser-size
Sentence: Muriel's driving was so bad, Alice had devized a brakesercise routine to calm her nerves.
Etymology: brake (ex)ercise
Caroperate
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation:
Sentence: As they approached the junction at full speed, Millie, in the passenger seat, instictively caroperated.
Etymology:
Brakearating.
Created by: stormee
Pronunciation: Break-a-rating
Sentence: The passanger automatically started brakearating when the driver did not slow down at the stop sign.
Etymology: To use imaginary brake pedal.
Subrake
Created by: Partario
Pronunciation: Suh-Brake
Sentence: JESUS! we nerly hit him! i was using the subrake aswell!
Etymology: Su = Subconscience + Brake = To stop moving
Brevitensing
Created by: DeanHildner
Pronunciation: Brev-eh-ten-sing
Sentence: Everytime Jamamoth is driving and comes close to crashing Wanda always finds herself brevitensing, wishing there was a break under her foot.
Etymology: Brev- short ehtensing- tensing
Drivinstructify
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: Dryv-in-struck-tih-fy
Sentence: My mom always drivinstructifies when I drive; I guess I don't break fast enough for her.
Etymology: Driving instructors have that second break pedal on their side, and people who do this tend to think they have one too (when they don't) and it's a good thing they don't have one!
Trepedalate
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: treh-PEH-deh-layt
Sentence: Jim frantically trepedelated as his teenage son sped down the street.
Etymology: trepidation + pedal
Illusionhalt
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: ill-loo-shen-hawlt
Sentence: Mae bad drving made Sallie develop a crap in her right leg from all of her illusionhalt.
Etymology: illusion + halt
Antedisasterinstinctiveswervation
Created by: SydneyNFox
Pronunciation: ANT-EH-DIZ-AH-STIR-IN-STINK-TIV-SWERV-A-SHUN
Sentence: I slapped my foot down hard antedisasterinstictivswervigly,knowing if John didn't stop soon we would die!
Etymology: Ante-(Latin- before) Disaster-(Italian: Disastro- ill starred event) Instinct-(Latin: Instinctus- impulse) Swerve-(Old English: Sweorfan- depart, leave, turn aside)
Comments:
chris - 2006-12-27: 05:07:00
..hard to beat 'brakedancing'....
wordmeister - 2006-12-27: 10:37:00
Hey Chris, Yes I spotted brakedancing too! I was going to suggest that you consider "proxypedal" but that's your word... What about "Impedalment"? It's good too...
Wriiight - 2006-12-27: 12:56:00
While driving, I often notice my passengers suffer from a loss of controls.
wordmeister - 2006-12-27: 13:05:00
Good one Wriight!
nibololihiaa - 2018-12-27: 04:24:00
Промывки форсунок... Очистка инжектора....
Dulliesjag - 2018-12-27: 04:42:00
Sorry in place of
lolakusovska - 2018-12-27: 16:26:00
Хочу породистого щенка немецкой овчарки... Купить щенка немецкой овчарки..
gorapukinovs - 2018-12-27: 17:50:00
Массаж и техника массжа... Скидки на новогоднии праздники. Приглашаем
Dulliesjag - 2018-12-27: 19:45:00
What organize the