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DEFINITION: To assert your right-of-way in traffic, even when it's stupidly dangerous to do so.
Verboticisms
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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
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"
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
Deadright
Created by: bghicks
Pronunciation: ded-write
Sentence: Not only was he right, he was deadright.
Etymology: dead as in duck
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.
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"
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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Idiosteer
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: ID-ee-o-steer
Sentence: I couldn't believe it, he idiosteered right into oncoming traffic!
Etymology: Idiot + steer
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)
