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'Those idiots! I have the right of way!'

DEFINITION: To assert your right-of-way in traffic, even when it's stupidly dangerous to do so.

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Drivenesia

Created by: Orlandin

Pronunciation: Drive-nesia

Sentence: Do you remember how to drive or do you have drivenesia?

Etymology: Amnesia.

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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"

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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

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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

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Dumbinate

Created by: dwingillinois

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology:

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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.

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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

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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"

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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.

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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)

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