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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.
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Brakesercise
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
Abtrified
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
Brevator
Created by: gbegun
Pronunciation: BREV-aye-TOR
Sentence: Because of Suzi's brevator like personality, she believes everything should be stopped prematurely.
Etymology: Brev-Short Ator-person
Drivinginstructorism
Created by: ichiromania
Pronunciation: driving instructor ism
Sentence: from the way her foot is moving, that is a clear display of drivinginstructorism
Etymology: driving instructors
Autobrakitis
Created by: wiccanfey
Pronunciation: Auto-brake-i-tish (silent h)
Sentence: When my daughter was learning to drive, I couldn't help my autobrakitis and trying to grab the steering wheel to turn!
Etymology: Automatic, brake
Trepedalate
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: treh-PEH-deh-layt
Sentence: Jim frantically trepedelated as his teenage son sped down the street.
Etymology: trepidation + pedal
Brasm
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: brahsm
Sentence: Lucy was always on edge when riding in the car with her husband, Lou, and as he was often quite inattentive she would have a brasm, stomping on an imaginary brake pedal when she thought he was too slow to do so himself.
Etymology: Blend of 'brake' (device for stopping vehicles) and 'spasm' ( A sudden burst of energy, activity, or emotion)
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
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
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