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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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Abscared
Created by: meganhardy
Pronunciation: ab-scared
Sentence: My foot abscared when Allison almost hit a tree while she was driving me to school this morning.
Etymology: ab- from scared- beleiving that your life is in great danger.
Brakeostress
Created by: seifip
Pronunciation: brake o stress
Sentence: I'm brakeostressed. Please, dont ride so fast!
Etymology: brake + stress
Caroperate
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation:
Sentence: As they approached the junction at full speed, Millie, in the passenger seat, instictively caroperated.
Etymology:
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)
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)
Empathengerfeet
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: em-paath-en-jer-feet
Sentence: Realising that Gary had not noticed the red light, Jacob tried to empathengerfeet them to a safe stop.... there were no survivors
Etymology: empathy, passenger seat, feet
Passenjerk
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pasinjərk
Sentence: Lucy is a terrible traveler. If she isn’t the driver she takes on the role of the passenjerk, twitching, sighing and stomping on the imaginary brakes every time there is some flex in the traffic flow. With her in the car it’s a good idea to leave a window down at least a crack so that her sucking air through clenched teeth doesn’t create a vacuum that cracks the windshield or cause the driver to pass out for lack of oxygen.
Etymology: passenger (a traveler on a public or private conveyance other than the driver, pilot, or crew) + jerk (a quick, sharp, sudden movement/a contemptibly obnoxious person)
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