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'Wa!'

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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Pedalenvy

Created by: Wriiight

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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".

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Ghostdriver

Created by: memexikon

Pronunciation: goost dry ver

Sentence: The ghostdriver was a better driver than the person in the driver's seat.

Etymology: ghost + driver

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Antecatastinct

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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Genustretch

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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Antedisasterinstinctiveswervation

Created by: SydneyNFox

Pronunciation: ANT-EH-DIZ-AH-STIR-IN-STINK-TIV-SWERV-A-SHUN

Sentence: I slapped my foot down hard antedisasterinstictivswervigly,knowing if John didn't stop soon we would die!

Etymology: Ante-(Latin- before) Disaster-(Italian: Disastro- ill starred event) Instinct-(Latin: Instinctus- impulse) Swerve-(Old English: Sweorfan- depart, leave, turn aside)

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Braflex

limnrix

Created by: limnrix

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Selfpreserbreak

Created by: danboaz

Pronunciation: self-prez-er-brAk

Sentence: the driving instructor had an uncontrollable instinct for selfpreserbreaking, eventhough he realized he was impotent to stop any accident from happening.

Etymology: self + preservation + break

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Accoutumating

Created by: taftouf

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Adbrakewafy

FeelTheMcGrath

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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Vote - ColeyPTrain, 2013-09-12: 14:45:00

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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