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'Yes, I know it's red.'

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.

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Anticipeeler

Korinne

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

Korinne THanks!! :) - Korinne, 2007-12-07: 09:21:00

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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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I've had to walk in front of a few of those - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-06: 12:43:00

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Autokinesis

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: aw/toh/ki/nee/sis

Sentence: Autokinesis occurs at a red light when I let my car inch forward into the intersection. Unfailingly, the traffic light changes almost immediately to green. It's weird and it's scary, but my Chevy Impala and I have autokenisis, or metaphysical powers,which together we can break down any city's computerized traffic flow.

Etymology: AUTOKINESIS - noun - from - AUTOMOBILE (as in a car) + PSYCHOKINESIS (distorting, or moving physical objects using only the mind)

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COMMENTS:

excellent! - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-30: 11:05:00

metrohumanx Impalas should always have the right of way. Fuzzy dice? - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:51:00

Great word! - mweinmann, 2008-10-30: 14:01:00

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Intersectionvader

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /in-ter-sek-shuhn-veyd-er/

Sentence: Ruth just smiled to herself when Phil complained and honked his horn at the intersectionvader that had crept forward from the cross-street, forcing him to make a wide, awkward turn, since Phil himself often did the same thing while driving his SUV (she supposed he was actually a Jeepcreeper).

Etymology: intersection (Latin, intersectionem - "cut asunder") + invade (Latin, invādere - "to go in")

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Redotion

Created by: Abraxised

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Inchcarrigible

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: inch/car/ih/jibble

Sentence: Sally was an inchcarrigible driver who couldn't resist the thrill of accelerating. Whenever possible she drove barefoot.

Etymology: incorrigible (hopeless, incurable)+ inch + car

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COMMENTS:

Very clever!! - Mustang, 2008-10-30: 06:37:00

metrohumanx Driving barefoot is illegal in New Jersey. Another reason to move elsewhere. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:43:00

metrohumanx Mustang Sally rocks! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:52:00

If you are barefoot, I think you can actually feel the light change too! - mweinmann, 2008-10-30: 14:03:00

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Inchcarrigible

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: inch/car/ih/jibble

Sentence: She was an inchcarrigible driver who couldn't resist the thrill of accelerating. Whenever possible she drove barefoot.

Etymology: inch + car + incorrigible (hopeless, incurable)

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Justiflauntecoast

metrohumanx

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:

metrohumanx http://www.trafficsignalmuseum.com/ - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 03:29:00

zxvasdf The meat in her fridge was turning green faster than this traffic signal. HAHA! - zxvasdf, 2008-10-30: 12:22:00

metrohumanx 100 best robots: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.01/robots.html - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:36:00

metrohumanx Gort barata nickto. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:41:00

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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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ooh - good one - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-30: 11:07:00

metrohumanx 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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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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veree funnee - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-06: 12:44:00

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-12-06: 00:01:00
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.

libertybelle libertybelle - 2007-12-06: 08:52:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-03-29: 00:05:00
Today's definition was suggested by libertybelle. Thank you libertybelle. ~ James