Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: To assert your right-of-way in traffic, even when it's stupidly dangerous to do so.
Verboticisms
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Traficide
Created by: likephilshead
Pronunciation: (Tra-fi-cide)
Sentence: Bob broke his leg and totaled his car in traficide.
Etymology: suicide(the driver), homicide(the passenger/s, and traffic.
Autoretardation
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Out of the office and behind the wheel, Dave's autoretardation manifested itself in a string of frightening driving manuevers.
Etymology:
Roragishright
Created by: natlanclos
Pronunciation: row-rage-ish-right
Sentence: i have the roragishright to get in any lane i want.
Etymology: to be able to have your way the right way on the highway.
Autowarrior
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: auto worrior
Sentence: damien was fast furious and an autoworrior. He was always first to overtake.
Etymology: from autocar etc and warrior, always ready to joust in battle
Wheelooicide
Created by: vixphilia
Pronunciation: Wheel-oo-*ee*-cide
Sentence: These Brits sure can't drive! Just keep Wheelooiciding and they'll learn to drive on the other side of the street.
Etymology: Wheel + Suicide, with the double O's to emphasize the stupidity of the acton.
Drivisky
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: dra-visky
Sentence: Cam usually driviskied his route to work prior to gulping down his morning coffee.
Etymology: drive + risk
Roadhogish
Created by: GreatRandew
Pronunciation: road-hog-ish
Sentence: he was so roadhogish that he could not keep on his side of the road.
Etymology: road-hog-ish
Divinerightofway
Created by: IanArcher
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "dammit, it's my divinerightofway, and i'm going to claim it -- or die trying!"
Etymology: a bit kludgy, but a mixture of "divine right" and "right of way"
Carageous
Created by: fonka99
Pronunciation: car-a-geous
Sentence: Peregrine stamped his foot on the accelarator and carageously overtook the truck, despite the thick fog.
Etymology: From car and courageous
Stupidicide
Created by: Chunk01
Pronunciation: stew-PID-ee-side
Sentence: Despite all logic to the contrary she continued across the juntion to commit an act of righteously indignant stupidicide
Etymology: Stupid-Suicide=stupidicide
Irroadsponsible
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ir/road/sponce/ible
Sentence: He crossed 3 lanes of traffic without signalling, demonstrating how totally irroadsponsible he is.
Etymology: irresponsible + road
Florpedalate
Created by: shonco
Pronunciation: flor-ped-uhl-ate
Sentence: This jerk was going to cut me off, so I instinctively florpedalated, sending his sorry ass into a tailspin.
Etymology:
Steerthru
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: steer - thru
Sentence: If he hadn't done a steerthru the accident wouldn't have happened.
Etymology: Steer - specified direction and thru from through - to go between
Carikazi
Created by: Ahoytheship
Pronunciation: car-i-ka-zee
Sentence: The man became a total carikazi after trying to deal with Thanksgiving traffic.
Etymology: car+kamikaze
Caggressionar
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Being behind the wheel can bring out the dark side of people. It is referred to as caggressionar or aggression in car.
Etymology: C(aggression)ar Aggression in car
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COMMENTS:
- mickey666, 2007-01-04: 12:50:00
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Drivezerking
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: drihve-zerk-eng
Sentence: Bob's drivezerking eventually got him and 30 other people killed in a 20 car pile-up.
Etymology: drive + bezerking
Assdrive
Created by: kevinrio
Pronunciation: Ass Drive
Sentence: I am the best assdriver ever!
Etymology: Assertive driving or driving like an ass
Freewaving
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: free/way/ving
Sentence: Sue was taken aback when instead of moving over to let the speeding car merge onto the highway, Bob started freewaving the driver in the car and continued driving in "his" lane.
Etymology: freeway, waving (the middle finger)
Jeopardefy
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /j&-'por-d&-"fI/
Sentence: Look both ways before crossing even one-way streets. To do otherwise is just jeopardifying yourself.
Etymology: From jeopardy + defy
Idiosteer
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: ID-ee-o-steer
Sentence: I couldn't believe it, he idiosteered right into oncoming traffic!
Etymology: Idiot + steer
Egomotor
Created by: Apone
Pronunciation: E-go-mo-tor
Sentence: "Why do you always egomotor like that? You'll get us killed!"
Etymology: prefix "ego" (e.g. of egomania) with "motor" meaning to drive
Wrongofway
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: rong-ov-way
Sentence: too many people these days think they can just take the wrong-of-way whenever they feel like it.
Etymology: a play on the words right of way
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COMMENTS:
Just so we're clear, I created wrongofway before bondfool. Not that it's terribly difficult to conceive, but just so we're clear... - Javeson1, 2007-01-08: 13:48:00
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Autoannihilation
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: OR-toe-a-NY-hill-ay-shun
Sentence: His self destructive behaviour behind the wheel is a perfect example of autoannihilation.
Etymology: auto (self and automobile) + annihilation (destruction)
Rightrage
Created by: mdschermer
Pronunciation: RīT-rāj
Sentence: By some severe rightraging, he managed to make his Beetle grow the size of a roadtrain - in his head.
Etymology: "Right-of-way" + "roadrage"
Angautomable
Created by: currentlyinsolitude
Pronunciation: ang-graw-toe-maw-bull
Sentence: He was angautomable because he was late to work
Etymology: German
Streetknuckle
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: street-nuk-ull
Sentence: Swallowing one's pride and choosing not to streetknuckle prevents many an accident.
Etymology: In a shamelessly lame attempt to appeal to the masses (for votes), the simple streak continues: From "street" and "knuckle". I hate myself.
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COMMENTS:
Shamelessly lame? Simple is better. I like this one...sounds like a word I'd actually use, as opposed to most of the linguistic monstrosities out there. - ErWenn, 2007-01-06: 01:09:00
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Dangriving
Created by: xshadowswimmer08x
Pronunciation: Dane-riving
Sentence: He started dangriving and it scared the crap out of me.
Etymology: danger/driving
Autostupasia
Created by: Carole
Pronunciation: auto /stewp /azia
Sentence: It was madness to challenge the oncoming truck, but jake suffered from autostupasia, which rendered him totally unable to see the danger.
Etymology: auto/car, stup/stupid, asia/ from thanastos=death.
Accelirrational
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ax-sell-er-ash-in-al
Sentence: Refusing to slow down was accelirrational in the extreme
Etymology: accelerate, irrational
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - fonka99, 2007-01-04: 09:47:00
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Soccermomniac
Created by: dstorm78
Pronunciation: Socker-Mom-Nee-Ak
Sentence: The roads are no longer safe with all these soccermomniacs taking over with their huge SUVs and the total disregard for the other drivers on the road.
Etymology: A mix of soccer-moms (characterized by their big cars and disregard for anyone other than a member of their family) and a maniac, often related to the word soccer-mom, but more importantly related to one who is a driving maniac, road hog.
Pewjumping
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: p-u-jumping
Sentence: ....so there I was, slowing at the lights, when this BMW cut in front of me ... couldn't have that, so I did a bit of pewjumping and BOY did he give me some language, but I did it ...
Etymology: pew (church seating accommodation) rhymes with queue (inference being that the user will reach the coffin before the rest of the congregation!) - jumping.
Stubmerge
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: stub-murj
Sentence: When the two lanes became one, Harold obstinately stubmerged right into the middle of a pack of motorcycles.
Etymology: stubborn + merge to form a word similar to submerge
Wrongofway
Created by: bondfool
Pronunciation: rong-ov-way
Sentence: too many people these days think they can just take the wrong-of-way whenever they feel like it.
Etymology: a play on the words right of way
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COMMENTS:
Just so we're clear, I created wrongofway before bondfool. Not that it's terribly difficult to conceive, but just so we're clear... - Javeson1, 2007-01-08: 13:48:00
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Accinine
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: ax-see-nine
Sentence: He accinined across 4 lanes of traffic.
Etymology: accident + assinine
Ownways
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: ownways
Sentence: As everything points out an other way you wil do your ownways.
Etymology: ways froms the way and own from yourself
Roadreign
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: road-rein
Sentence: The motorway quickly filled with a massive chain-collision as every man claimed their roadreign with discredit to the crash in front.
Etymology: from roadrage - the missconception that everyone else on the road are assholes, and reing - ruling a dominion.
Driverage
Created by: Fenners
Pronunciation: drive - rage
Sentence: Those fools must have driverage! They can't go that way down the bypass...
Etymology: driver + rage
Cabgressive
Created by: Stump
Pronunciation:
Sentence: During rush hour everyone gets overly cabgressive.
Etymology: Cab - reffering to NYC cabbies who are infamous for their driving gressive - from aggressive
Adventurn
Created by: seifip
Pronunciation: adven turn
Sentence: We were adventurning all the way! I'm pumped with adrenaline after this way...
Etymology: adventure + turn
Suidrive
Created by: FionaMin
Pronunciation: su-ih-drive
Sentence: Billy decided to suidrive in order to get in front of that Mack truck. Hey, his car fit into that 4 foot space, right?
Etymology: Suicide + drive
Hazzardriving
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: HA-zard-dri-ving
Sentence: Billy yelled "Dukes of Hazzard, Dukes of Hazzard!" as he swerved into the median to overtake the Corvette. He sure loved him some hazzardriving.
Etymology: Dukes of Hazzard + Driving
Coupedetat
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: coop/deh/tah
Sentence: He instituted a coupedetat on a north bound road declaring it a south bound route from here on.
Etymology: coup d'etat + coupe
Testosterisk
Created by: Hjason
Pronunciation: test-os-ter-isk
Sentence: Billy was killed yesterday driving to work when he took a mjor testosterisk by cutting off a line of cars on the off ramp just so he could be ahead of them in line.
Etymology: testosterone+risk
Hummerage
Created by: Logiedan
Pronunciation: Hum-er-ij
Sentence: Dude, cut out the Hummerage, you're not in the right away, you hear me?
Etymology: Hummer + Rage
Deadright
Created by: bghicks
Pronunciation: ded-write
Sentence: Not only was he right, he was deadright.
Etymology: dead as in duck
Steercrazy
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: STEER-kray-zee
Sentence: Jim went steercrazy, cutting off a Hummer, two semis and a police car -- but at least he got the last parking space at the drivers license bureau lot.
Etymology: steering + stir-crazy
Drivenesia
Created by: Orlandin
Pronunciation: Drive-nesia
Sentence: Do you remember how to drive or do you have drivenesia?
Etymology: Amnesia.
Suveer
Created by: Sissyphus
Pronunciation: S U veer
Sentence: The bicycle was technically in the right hand lane, but I needed to turn immediately so I just SUVeered around the corner and hoped he had decent brakes.
Etymology:
Autocomeuppance
Created by: garlinger626
Pronunciation: Auto-come-up-ance
Sentence: You driving is erratic, you've definitley got autocomeuppance.
Etymology:
Assgressive
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: ass-gres-sive
Sentence: Bill was an assgressive driver and was quite reckless in taking the right of way.
Etymology: ass + aggressive
Roadgoading
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: rode/gode/ing
Sentence: The last time he played "roadgoading" with three semi-trailers on a busy freeway, he was more than a little miffed at the result.
Etymology: road + goading (inciting or arousing to action)
