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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.
Verboticisms
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Whiteknuckling
Created by: Fenners
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Brake dammit! I'm whiteknuckling here!
Etymology:
Stompathy
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
Etymology:
Brakeomatic
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
Dootstop
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!".
Ghostdriver
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
Impedalment
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
Brakear
Created by: xshadowswimmer08x
Pronunciation: break-ear
Sentence: i saw her brakearing while i was driving.
Etymology: break/fear
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
Stitchbraking
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.
Reflexshun
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)
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