Verboticisms

Created by: omista

Pronunciation: aw-to-nec-RO-FO-BE-uh

Sentence: Jims autonecrophobia was so overwhelming that he found it hard to let anyone else drive.

Etymology: auto- self/car; necro- death; phobia- fear of

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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)

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Created by: thedugster

Pronunciation: Spaz - enger

Sentence: My passenger needs medication, they are such a spazenger!

Etymology: Passengers who demonstrate irrational responses to required driving maneuvers.

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Created by: DaddyNewt

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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)

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Created by: walkingdistraction

Pronunciation: fan-tom-foot-ing

Sentence: The drivers ed instructor was getting muscle cramps due to his constant phantomfooting.

Etymology: phantom+footing

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Created by: llimllib

Pronunciation: `Sood-a-break-er

Sentence: Steven laughed when Janine, the ex-driving instructor, bought her antique car. "Now you're a pseudabraker in a Studabaker!"

Etymology: Psuedo + braker = psuedabraker

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COMMENTS:

I like the Studabaker reference. I got it without looking at the sentance. - johnnyrockett, 2006-12-27: 10:48:00

Thanks Johnny. - llimllib, 2006-12-28: 08:15:00

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Created by: norsehorse

Pronunciation: Brake-a-noid

Sentence: You're a complete breakanoid.

Etymology: Paranoid and Brake

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Created by: beverly

Pronunciation: anti spaz er rake

Sentence: She always antispazerakes when we get too close to another car.

Etymology: ante- before,prior to spazerake- a mix of the word spaz and brake

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Created by: alyssawren

Pronunciation: an-tee-back-driving

Sentence: Lucy was antebackdriving because the driver wasn't breaking or driving very well. She was breaking before the driver was.

Etymology: ante: before back: back seat driving:driving better than the driver

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