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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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Subrake
Created by: Partario
Pronunciation: Suh-Brake
Sentence: JESUS! we nerly hit him! i was using the subrake aswell!
Etymology: Su = Subconscience + Brake = To stop moving
Bootflex
Created by: Drock
Pronunciation: BOOT-fleks
Sentence: As her friend skidded past the stop sign, she crammed her eyes closed and made a bootflex.
Etymology: Bootless - without result, futile. Reflex - an involuntary action.
Adbrake
Created by: DrDurrer
Pronunciation: Ad-brake
Sentence: Thinking they were going to be in an accident, Maggie Ad-braked and slammed her foot to the floor, thinking she was in the driver's seat
Etymology: Ad-(latin) toward brake-to stop
Hyperchumping
Created by: ce0brb
Pronunciation: Hy-per-chump-ing
Sentence: Either drive yourself, or deal with being a passenger. Just stop hyperchumping.
Etymology: Hyperchondriac & pumping (at non existant brake pedal).
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COMMENTS:
This should perhaps be 'hypochumping', if you spell 'hypochondriac' correctly. - degsy99, 2007-01-04: 05:01:00
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Haltpulse
Created by: awesomo
Pronunciation: halt-pulse
Sentence: Rudy almost ran-over a racoon, so I had the haltpule to stop him.
Etymology: halt-impulse
Twocaptaincar
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: 2captaincar
Sentence: there is always trouble in a twocaptaincar !
Etymology: its from the sailingworld in witch there are no captains on a ship.
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COMMENTS:
Kick the out - josje, 2006-12-27: 05:30:00
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Proxypedal
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: prok-see-ped-ul
Sentence: Her inability to control her desire to proxypedal had resulted in the garage installing an extra steel plate on the passsenger side footwell
Etymology: proxy + (brake)pedal
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COMMENTS:
Nice word...Very funny. - johnnyrockett, 2006-12-27: 09:59:00
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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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Passbrake
Created by: ScyldScefing
Pronunciation: /pAEzbrEIk/, where AE stands for "a" as in "cat" and "EI" is pronounced as dypthong, not separate sounds.
Sentence: "And there it was, this truck, and John seemed to be so slow, I passbraked so hard you could actually hear the "thud"
Etymology: From "pass", short for "passenger", and the verb "to brake".
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