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: 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

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Created by: AllisonLittell

Pronunciation: Ab-trified

Sentence: Megan was abtrified when a horse ran in front of her car.

Etymology: Ab-from,away,down Trified-scared

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Created by: Littell16

Pronunciation: abs-tas-tic

Sentence: Allsion made abstatic actions when she lost multi-word pop to Lauren.

Etymology: abs-from,away,down;tastic-amazing

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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: 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: 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

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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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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: brak/a/mis

Sentence: Her breathtaking brakeamiss technique did nothing to prevent her day-dreaming driver from swerving into a pink elephant sitting quietly in the driveway munching on a bag of peanuts.

Etymology: brake + amiss

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Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: Dryv-in-struck-tih-fy

Sentence: My mom always drivinstructifies when I drive; I guess I don't break fast enough for her.

Etymology: Driving instructors have that second break pedal on their side, and people who do this tend to think they have one too (when they don't) and it's a good thing they don't have one!

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