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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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Inchersecting
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: inchersecting
Sentence: Jane believed that she needed to be inchersecting at every red light in order to continue driving, a notion she'd had since she was little. Her father would entertain her by inching up at traffic signals far enough that he could see when the light in the opposite direction turned yellow. Then he would count to three and say, "abracadabra," making her believe that he had magical powers to change red lights.
Etymology: inch: to move forward slowly in small increments + intersecting: to cut across or through as at an intersection of a road
Greengrowcer
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: green/gro/sur
Sentence: A typical greengrowcer is under the impression that green lights will appear faster with a little pressure.
Etymology: green + grow + greengrocer
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COMMENTS:
Pretty good, Bookie! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:56:00
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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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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
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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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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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)
Carincher
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: carincher: kar-in-cher
Sentence: The karincher in front of me at the red light got clipped by a car zipping through the intersection.
Etymology: Carincher ... car for car and incher for moving forward inch by inch.
Greendy
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: Green dy
Sentence: The heliograph of sirens flickered on Bob's face as he walked slowly around the crumpled piece of tin that was once his car; Jane, the damsel to whom he was en route, was on his mind and he became a bit too greendy... until before long he found himself in the middle of the intersection with a frightening semi-truck on one end and an equally terrifying Mack truck on the other end. Bob, groaning inwardly, would have to postpone his date. The price of being greendy!
Etymology: Green (as in green light) & greedy (gluttonous)
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COMMENTS:
Wow. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:53:00
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Wickcellerate
Created by: zavijava
Pronunciation: Wick-cel-er-ate
Sentence: Tapping her fingers on the wheel, Sandy wickcelerated further and further over the white line while she waited for the light. In the next lane, Nora, trying to see the street sign now blocked by Sandra's car, remarked "I hate wickceleraters!"
Etymology: wick (to draw off by capillary action; the slow, inevitable motion of something, without any outside force actually being applied; the annoying and unstoppable movement of water up the legs of your jeans after coming in from the rain) + accelerate
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COMMENTS:
Very good! I love modified etymologisms. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:13:00
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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