Verboticisms

Created by: cannibalgymnastics

Pronunciation: stom- path - ee

Sentence: She didn't see the cyclist in time, but I still slammed my foot down in stompathy

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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: 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: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: shot/guhn/zahy/i/tee

Sentence: She could only be in the front seat when she was driving, or shotgunxiety caused her to constantly stomp her brake foot.

Etymology: shotgun + anxiety

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Created by: tangledupinblue

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Sentence: My mother was babbling about my marital prospects and didn't see the red light, so I surrobraked and screamed "Stop!" but unfortunately she thought I was telling her to stop harassing me and we slammed into the car in front of us.

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: im-ped-ul-ment

Sentence: Sue hated riding in stop-and-go traffic when Bob was driving, as her impedalment would leave her leg aching by the journey's end.

Etymology: impediment, pedal

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Created by: ColeyPTrain

Pronunciation: Con-Tra-Sla-Am

Sentence: Out fear Lola contraslammed her foot against the front of the car as though she had a break in front of her

Etymology: Contra- Against Slam- Push hard

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Created by: taftouf

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Created by: xshadowswimmer08x

Pronunciation: break-ear

Sentence: i saw her brakearing while i was driving.

Etymology: break/fear

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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".

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