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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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Stopandgoad
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: stop-and-gode
Sentence: Her penchant to stopandgoad at red lights forced pedestrians to walk a circuitous route around the front end of her car.
Etymology: stop-and-go (traffic), goad
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COMMENTS:
I've had to walk in front of a few of those - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-06: 12:43:00
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Traffikinesis
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: trāf'ĭ-kə-nē'sĭs
Sentence: Mary had to pee, she eased her vehicle way past the "Stop here on red" sign in hoping it would trigger some sort of traffikinesis which would make the light turn green. Mary doesn't think logically when she is stuck in traffic and has to pee.
Etymology: Traffic: Vehicles or pedestrians in transit. + Telekinesis: The movement of objects by scientifically inexplicable means, as by the exercise of an occult power.
Anticilurch
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: an-TISS-uh-lurch
Sentence: When she was at the head of the line waiting for the red light to change Miranda would employ her anticilurch technique wherein she would creep out into the intersection ever so slightly ready to blast off ahead of the other cars waiting.
Etymology: Blend of anticipate and lurch
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COMMENTS:
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-30: 11:06:00
At least Miranda didn't sit there texting... - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:49:00
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Accelereddy
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ax sell er reddi
Sentence: Cindy had learned enough of the Highway Code to earn her license, but decided early on she like to make up her own rules as she went along. If she reached a red light, she would be accelereddy to gun the gas pedal, by inching forward, thus she rationalized, daring the red light to change to green. This technique got her home a whopping 2 minutes earlier and because she was oblivious to other drivers, made her cause several accidents on the way. It was because of Cindy and drivers like her that the term "Road Rage" was born!
Etymology: accelerate (to cause to move) & red (red light) & ready (anxious to proceed)
Waitingvroom
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Way-ting-v-roo-m
Sentence: Bill was a very impatient driver so every time he came across a red traffic signal he always chose to use the waitingvroom system, by revving the car engine and then slowly inching forward so that he was ready to pull away as soon as possible.
Etymology: Waiting(be delayed, to wait for a particular event to happen) + Vroom(the sound of a car engine when revving up) = Waitingvroom
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COMMENTS:
Vroomderbar word! - Nosila, 2008-10-31: 01:59:00
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Neocolorhopeful
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: nee-oh-ca-lore-ho-pa-ful
Sentence: She was one of the many neocolorhopefuls at the intersection trying to change the light with merely their miner brain capacity and the movement of their car.
Etymology: neo:new + color + hopeful
Anticipeeler
Created by: Korinne
Pronunciation: Antis-i-peel-er
Sentence: Late for her colonoscopy appointment, Cynthia kept getting stopped at red lights. A chronic anticipeeler, she kept inching her car forward in hopes of triggering the "sensor" so she could peel away!
Etymology: Anticipate - Peeling (hitting the gas and screetching the tires)
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COMMENTS:
Haha... your word is fun to say. - IllmaticKD, 2007-12-06: 01:43:00
asstounding, well done! - galwaywegian, 2007-12-06: 04:00:00
THanks!! :) - Korinne, 2007-12-07: 09:21:00
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Inchicle
Created by: LotusB
Pronunciation: INCH-icle
Sentence:
Etymology: Inch (inch forward/creep) + Vehicle = Inchicle
Creapred
Created by: bzma0501
Pronunciation: kri-prEd
Sentence: The creapred girl kept rolling on through the intersection.
Etymology: from English, "creap" + "red"
Sneakcelerate
Created by: LoftyDreamer
Pronunciation: sneek-sell'-er-ate
Sentence: Congolia, desperate to meet her blind date, began to sneakcelerate when the traffic light seemed to be stuck on red.
Etymology: From "sneak" (to creep up stealthily) + part of "accelerate" (to hasten the progress of)
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