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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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Drivenger
Created by: camel
Pronunciation: Drive-en-ger
Sentence: Gas, break, dip - I can't help but drivenger whenever Tyrone takes me out to ghost ride the whip.
Etymology: Driver, passenger
Stopprehension
Created by: kryptik
Pronunciation: staw-pre-hen-shun
Sentence: Everyone Kate drives with suffers from acute stopprehension, which increases with every red light she misses.
Etymology: From the words 'stop' and 'apprehension'
Collaborbrake
Created by: vicminer
Pronunciation: collab-or-brake
Sentence: As the student driver stopped abruptly, the passenger in the car collabrobraked, even though he was in the passenger seat.
Etymology: col-with
Misdrive
Created by: Flixst
Pronunciation: mɪs'draiv
Sentence: When I'm sleeping in a car, I'm alway misdriving.
Etymology: mis(wrongly) + drive
Antecatastinct
Created by: briangianelos
Pronunciation: an-tE-ca-ta-stE-nkt
Sentence: Bill observed Jim's violent antecatastinct as he came to an abrupt stop at the busy intersection.
Etymology: Ante (before) cata (catastrophe) stinct (tendency)
Genustretch
Created by: dimercurio
Pronunciation: jen-yoo-stretch
Sentence: Saw that genustretch there. Does my driving scare you that much?
Etymology: Genu (Latin for knee) + stretch, based off of "genuflect" (Latin "to bend the knee", a word used to describe kneeling in a church)
Adbrakewafy
Created by: FeelTheMcGrath
Pronunciation: Ad-brayck-wah-fi
Sentence: As Jebediah and Miley stepped into the car, Miley felt uneasy. She had heard previously from her neighbors that Jebediah was a reckless driver, even when he wasn't on his yeast infection medication. As he put his foot on the gas and started to drive, Miley immediately adbrakewafied.
Etymology: Ad- To brake- break suddenly wafy- while saying, "Wa!"
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COMMENTS:
Vote - ColeyPTrain, 2013-09-12: 14:45:00
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Contracardiactist
Created by: meganfis
Pronunciation: Contra-cardiac-tist
Sentence: The driving instructor was on the edge of her seat, and was being a contracardiactist.
Etymology: contra- against, cardiac-heart,
Slasm
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /'sla-z&m/
Sentence: Every time Erik pulled into traffic, Jeff would slasm his foot down on the floor and scream "The brakes don't work on my side!"
Etymology: From slam + spasm
Brakear
Created by: xshadowswimmer08x
Pronunciation: break-ear
Sentence: i saw her brakearing while i was driving.
Etymology: break/fear
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