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DEFINITION: v., To slowly inch your vehicle forward at a red traffic light hoping that you can make it change faster. n., A driver who allows their vehicle to creep into the middle of an intersection while waiting for a red light.
Verboticisms
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Redging
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: red jing
Sentence: Her attempt at redging through the instersection was soon stopped by the big bus whowas running the amber light.
Etymology:
Justiflauntecoast
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: justih-FLONT-ih-coe-st (justiflauntecoaster,justiflauntecoasted)
Sentence: Heidi just KNEW she shouldn't have come this way. The meat in her fridge was turning green faster than this traffic signal. There were no other cars on the road at this time of night. Perhaps the red light was broken, and would NEVER turn green before someone pulled up behind her and started blowing their horn. There must be some kind of buried cable that senses how many motorists are here. Heidi decided to JUSTIFLAUNTECOAST slowly into the intersection...just a little further...now she was directly beneath the light and couldn't even see it...It COULD be green now...Well, Heidi was halfway through the light anyway, so she might as well FLOOR it. A mile down the road, Heidi uttered a twisted laugh at her own timidity. She had JUSTIFLAUNTECOASTED several minutes off her trip home. HA HA HA! She accelerated into the inky night, her smug satisfaction interrupted only by the flashing red lights in the rearview mirror....THINK FAST! Hang up the cell phone!
Etymology: JUSTIFy+fLAUNT+COAST=JUSTIFLAUNTECOAST.....JUSTIFY:to show a sufficient lawful reason for an act done, to prove or show to be just, right, or reasonable;Middle English justifien, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French justifier, from Late Latin justificare, from Latin Justus.....FLAUNT:to treat traffic laws contemptuously;perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse flana to rush around.....COAST:roll down a slope,proceed in neutral gear;Middle English cost, from Anglo-French coste, from Latin costa rib, side; akin to Old Church Slavic kostĭ bone.
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COMMENTS:
http://www.trafficsignalmuseum.com/ - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 03:29:00
The meat in her fridge was turning green faster than this traffic signal. HAHA! - zxvasdf, 2008-10-30: 12:22:00
100 best robots:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.01/robots.html - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:36:00
Gort barata nickto. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:41:00
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Slowrider
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: slōrīdər
Sentence: Linda has the patience of a gnat. Red lights drive her crazy. When she gets caught at one she becomes a slowrider, creeping ahead until she is almost halfway into the intersection. Fellow motorists think she is just a creep.
Etymology: slow (moving or operating, or designed to do so, only at a low speed) lowrider (a customized vehicle with hydraulic jacks that allow the chassis to be lowered nearly to the road)
Pilfermeter
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: 'pil-fer-me-ter
Sentence: "I must not be tripping the signal" said Kimberly as she pilfermetered her way through the intersection. "Maybe you've passed it?" suggested Loretta. Kimberly reluctantly reversed several car lengths until she was as far behind the white line as she had been in front of it. "Oh, I'm sure this is much better" Kimberly quipped. But the joke was on Kimberly since she forgot to put her car into "drive" before impatiently accelerating into the car behind her.
Etymology: pilfer (stealthy and incremental theft) + meter (standard metric unit of measure)
Creepcreep
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: krēpkrēp
Sentence: The pedestrians were quite annoyed that they had to make their way around the creepcreep. Did this nitwit really think that the light was going to change any faster if he inched his way into the crosswalk? Where are the cops when you want one?
Etymology: creep (move slowly and carefully) + creep (a detestable person)
Greengo
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: gree ng go
Sentence: The greengo he try the dodge city shuffle one time too many. He meet a beer lorry on a mission at a major intersection, asquashed him like a tortilla!
Etymology: gringo, green go.
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COMMENTS:
veree funnee - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-06: 12:44:00
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Esallboutme
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Es-ALL-BOUT-ME
Sentence: Look a that crazy Ms. Esallboutme! She's gonna get herself killed by that tractor if she don't look out.
Etymology: It's All About me, get outta my damn way, I said go GREEN!
Hintersection
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: hinn tur sek shun
Sentence: somehow the gods of the intersection were immune to her hintersection
Etymology: intersection hint
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COMMENTS:
ooh - good one - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-30: 11:07:00
Why are there no "GO" signs? - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:10:00
Hinteresting word! - Nosila, 2008-10-31: 01:54:00
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Zencroacher
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: zen - crow - chur
Sentence: Like a true Zencroacher, he felt the power of his mind and the gradual easing forward of his car would cause the light to change
Etymology: zen + encroach
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-06: 12:22:00
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Creapred
Created by: bzma0501
Pronunciation: kri-prEd
Sentence: The creapred girl kept rolling on through the intersection.
Etymology: from English, "creap" + "red"
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Tigger and libertybelle. Thank you Tigger and libertybelle. ~ James
Tigger - 2007-12-06: 00:32:00
Actually, libertybelle should get sole credit. I should've read through the recent definitions before submitting mine.
i still say great minds think alike... though some say filthy minds think alike, as well... hmmm...
silveryaspen - 2007-12-06: 19:11:00
flows smoothly ... readily understood ... nice interplay of words.
silveryaspen - 2007-12-06: 19:14:00
like the first 2 syllable rhyme ... the word rolls off the tongue. The meaning is straightforward and implicit.
Today's definition was suggested by libertybelle. Thank you libertybelle. ~ James