Verboticisms

Created by: Fenners

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Brake dammit! I'm whiteknuckling here!

Etymology:

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Created by: cannibalgymnastics

Pronunciation: stom- path - ee

Sentence: She didn't see the cyclist in time, but I still slammed my foot down in stompathy

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Created by: bghicks

Pronunciation: break oh matic

Sentence: When his 16 year old failed to stop at the red light, his foot brakeomatically went into action.

Etymology: brake automatic

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Created by: PeteyPeteMcPetey

Pronunciation: Doot-Stop

Sentence: An old lady was about to cross the road, so I attempted a dootstop.

Etymology: Pitstop combined with what you might say if you were to verbalise the your feelings - "dooot! Stop!".

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Created by: memexikon

Pronunciation: goost dry ver

Sentence: The ghostdriver was a better driver than the person in the driver's seat.

Etymology: ghost + driver

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: im-ped-ul-ment

Sentence: Sue hated riding in stop-and-go traffic when Bob was driving, as her impedalment would leave her leg aching by the journey's end.

Etymology: impediment, pedal

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Created by: xshadowswimmer08x

Pronunciation: break-ear

Sentence: i saw her brakearing while i was driving.

Etymology: break/fear

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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

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Created by: Manhattan

Pronunciation: Stitch-braek-ing

Sentence: He was clearly getting impatient and her stitchbreaking only sent him over the edge.

Etymology: From the word stitch and the work brake.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: re fleks shun

Sentence: Shirley felt an automatic reflexshun to slam on the brake when driving with her boyfriend Dan. He drove way too fast for her liking, so her leg reacted by trying to slam the non-existant brake on the passenger side. She should not have felt like being this defensive at all when riding with him, but seriously, even at the fast food drive through???

Etymology: Reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus) & Shun (avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of)

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