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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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Redleadfoot
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: red-led-foot
Sentence: Redleadfooting is one of the main causes of road rage stabbings & deaths.
Etymology: red (as in red traffic light)+ lead (as in metal or heavy) + foot
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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Litehog
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation: lite+hog
Sentence: Mortisha is a litehog.She creaps up in traffic to get in on the lite change.
Etymology:
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
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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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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Autogrinch
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: aw-toe-grinch
Sentence: Pamela was convinced that she had a gift. She believed that by starting to inch her car forward just a bit at the red light, it would turn green a little more quickly. She had turned into quite an autogrinch, lately and actually hoped for red lights just to give her practice.
Etymology: "Auto" which is derived from Automotible is added to the beginning of the word "green" as in green light, followed by "inch" as to move forward slowly, a little bit at a time. As a bonus, the word "grinch" reminds us of the Grinch who stole Christmas. The grinch is a catlike creature who has on occasion, demonstrated superhuman qualities
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COMMENTS:
terrific etymology - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-30: 11:07:00
Nicely crafted word.Bravo! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:11:00
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Redroller
Created by: ReputedTart
Pronunciation: red-ro-ler
Sentence: Redroller, redroller, let me send my car on over.
Etymology: Red + roller, as in the game "Red Rover"
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COMMENTS:
i love this one!! - libertybelle, 2007-12-06: 08:53:00
Agreed. Very clever, RT. - Tigger, 2007-12-06: 11:46:00
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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)
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.
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