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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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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)
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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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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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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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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Gashopper
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: gas/hop/pur
Sentence: Do you hear the gashopper that is at your feet? (blatant Kung Fu reference)
Etymology: gas + hop + grasshopper
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 metaphysical powers together which could break down any city's computerized traffic flow.
Etymology: automobile + kinesis (physical movement of something in response to a stimulus)
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-06: 12:43:00
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Greenfluence
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: green - flu - ence
Sentence: Sometimes ya just gotta greenfluence the light a little to get the thing to change.
Etymology: green (as in light) + [in]fluence
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!
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