Verboticisms

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: egonschiela

Pronunciation: brake-ser-size

Sentence: Muriel's driving was so bad, Alice had devized a brakesercise routine to calm her nerves.

Etymology: brake (ex)ercise

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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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Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: hol-ter-kate

Sentence: The driving instructor felt the need to haltercate to avoid a serious accident.

Etymology: From "halt" and "altercate" as such an action will inevitably lead to arguments.

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Created by: FionaMin

Pronunciation: BRAYK-sist

Sentence: When the she saw the fast-approaching red light, Tammy felt the need to brakesist.

Etymology: brake + assist

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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: petaj

Pronunciation: Cairo-taxi-ride

Sentence: With heart pounding the passenger cairotaxirode in a reflex, futile attempt to prevent a collision with a camel in downtown Cairo.

Etymology: Cairo (personal experience of this definition occurred in this city) + taxi (drivers of which, have no fear in Cairo) + ride (being taken for one)

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Created by: Psychicsi

Pronunciation: du-al con-trol-ism

Sentence: Steve suffers dualcontrolism, but only when his wife is driving.

Etymology: from the dual conrol brakes found in many driving instructors cars

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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: taftouf

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