Verboticisms

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: erasmus

Pronunciation: ped a pri or sist

Sentence: angie was the worst pedapriorsist I knew. I never let her sit in the front of the car.

Etymology: from pedal pressing and being prior of an event, and wanting to assist with driving.

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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: 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: briangianelos

Pronunciation: an-tE-ca-ta-stE-nkt

Sentence: Bill observed Jim's violent antecatastinct as he came to an abrupt stop at the busy intersection.

Etymology: Ante (before) cata (catastrophe) stinct (tendency)

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Created by: johnnyrockett

Pronunciation: Br-a-ke-dans-ing

Sentence: As we slid through the stop sign, I instinctively breakdanced on the passenger side floor.

Etymology: Oh come on...breakdancing?

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COMMENTS:

how does this have 62 points? where did they all come from? - Javeson1, 2006-12-29: 00:44:00

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Created by: GreatRandew

Pronunciation: Ghost-braking

Sentence: Instinctivly braking when such an action is felt as needed but when there is no brake pedal.

Etymology:

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Created by: seifip

Pronunciation: brake o stress

Sentence: I'm brakeostressed. Please, dont ride so fast!

Etymology: brake + stress

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Created by: vicminer

Pronunciation: collab-or-brake

Sentence: As the student driver stopped abruptly, the passenger in the car collabrobraked, even though he was in the passenger seat.

Etymology: col-with

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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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