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'But I don't want my hamburger in a car'

DEFINITION: v. To ignore conventional wisdom and traffic rules by walking in areas normally restricted to motor vehicles. n. An aggressive pedestrian who feels it is their god-given right to walk in the middle of the road.

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Automobilly

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: aw-tuh-moh-bil-ee

Sentence: Billy-Bob-Jerry-Ray doesn't understand why cars seem to have all the rights. Right of way, right on red... He thinks traffic in the city should work just like back home in the Ozarks. Whoever gets there first gets the space. When he acts like he's the same as a car his friends refer to him as an automobilly.

Etymology: automobile (a passenger vehicle designed for operation on ordinary roads and typically having four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine) + hillbilly (a person from a backwoods or other remote area)

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Malsophy

Created by: jessi18

Pronunciation: Mal-so-fee.

Sentence: Walking in the middle of the road requires ample malsophy.

Etymology: Mal-wrong sophy-wisdom

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Autopeder

Mathiu

Created by: Mathiu

Pronunciation: yoo-tow-pee-dar

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Etymology: automobile+pedestrian+-er

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Perambulance

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: per-AM-byu-lance

Sentence: Pammy, quit wailing like a siren and get off the road. Your perambulancing will get you killed one of these days.

Etymology: perambulate (walk) + ambulance (emergency vehicle that moves at high speed and has right of way)

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COMMENTS:

petaj Huh, just realised I've made three verbotomisms beginning with p in a row. - petaj, 2009-03-03: 07:03:00

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Footstrong

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: fut - str - ong

Sentence: Murray was becoming too footstrong for his own good and others feared that he put himself in danger every day as he dared to go on foot where none would go before him... He crossed highways if there was not a better route, he walked through drive-thrus and today, he walked up to a toll-booth to get directions.

Etymology: A play on the expression "headstrong", instead foot + strong >> headstrong (Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) footstrong (determined to go places on foot that only vehicles should go) foot (travel by walking; "he followed on foot) strong (potent: having or wielding force or authority)

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COMMENTS:

Wow! A foot trip and a head trip all rolled into one! Onederful! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-02: 10:34:00

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Hiwaydum

Created by: Bughunt

Pronunciation: hi (rhymes with high) - way - dum

Sentence: The person was waiting for the man clearly expressing hiwaydum character to get out of the way. Though the food anagrism didn't help.

Etymology: HI + WAY + DUM. Root words: highway, high, way, dumbo, dumbness, dum

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Anaphysi

Created by: 588314

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Portapuesadom

Created by: conner

Pronunciation: To have false wisdom.

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Carstruck

Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: CAR struck

Sentence: What an odd guy Tom is. First he just loved cars the way that a lot of young boys did. But soon it was more like an obsession. He had become completely carstruck. He took pictures of every new model that came out and pretty much wallpapered his room with them. Then it got even odder. He started to think like he was a car. He walked up to drive-throughs and ordered food, sat in a parking space at a drive-in movie, weaved in and out of traffic making honking noises and even worse...he started showering in his driveway.

Etymology: CAR: and STARSTRUCK: exhibiting a fascination with famous people

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COMMENTS:

I thought of this word too, but wasn't able to come up with your wonderful sentences! - readerwriter, 2009-03-02: 09:28:00

very funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-02: 10:19:00

Miles of smiles in your sentence! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-02: 10:32:00

great ideas! - splendiction, 2009-03-02: 21:31:00

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Pedestriantics

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: pedest tree ant tiks

Sentence: Luther did not relish going through his pedestriantics just to get a hamburger from next door. He mustard looked on the faces of his passengers, Freddie & Teddy, who were all of 10 years old and quite in-the-know about hamburgers. Fred wasn't as savvy as he emoted, but he would ketchup and Teddy had the drive-through to make things mchappen. They had bun warned, but you know kids...they were the burger kings of all they surveyed!

Etymology: Pedestrian (lacking wit or imagination) & Antics (a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement)

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Excellent fusion! Very inspired. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-02: 05:45:00

Playfully excellent sentence and verbote! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-02: 10:17:00

whopper of a word! - galwaywegian, 2009-03-02: 15:01:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-03-02: 00:01:01
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-09-13: 00:41:00
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James