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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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Carazy
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ca-ray-zee
Sentence: Carazy Carl careered along the Champs Elysee in his Corolla calling out to Camira drivers to get out of his way.
Etymology: car + crazy
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COMMENTS:
carazy for trying, carazy for crying and carazy for loving you... - galwaywegian, 2007-07-17: 07:20:00
I want to give bonus points for alliterative license, but the DPS failed me on that portion of the exam. - Kyoti, 2007-07-17: 11:07:00
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Vehism
Created by: yamishinyi
Pronunciation: vee-his-em
Sentence: His vehism helped aid in the accident.
Etymology: vehi- vehicle ism- noun
Carwinism
Created by: jesster
Pronunciation: Car - win -ism
Sentence: George is a terrible driver. The fact that he has survived to the age of 35 and has two kids is clearly a complete failure of the theory of carwinism.
Etymology: Car (you know, a car) + Darwinism (the process of natural selection, by which unfit individuals are eliminated from the gene pool)
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COMMENTS:
Maybe we should be teaching the theory of careationism after all... - jesster, 2007-07-17: 13:16:00
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Suicideswiped
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Soo-uh-side-swypte
Sentence: Even though Rocky saw the car ahead turning left in the center lane, he mashed the gas and swung around and nearly got us suicideswiped in the process.
Etymology: Suicide + sideswiped
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COMMENTS:
love it! - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-17: 12:13:00
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Wreckspect
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: Wreck + spect
Sentence: He'll wreckspect a two-ton semi trailer to stop on a dime if it means getting the right of way!
Etymology: Wreck + expect
Steercrazy
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: steer/crazy
Sentence: He would often go steercrazy and try to stir things up by driving backwards on the highway.
Etymology: stir crazy + steer
Brainpounding
Created by: puttputt
Pronunciation: braen pownding
Sentence: I was so upset with this traffic it was so brainpounding.
Etymology: to show anger or diffuculty understanding something.
Carfool
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: car-fool
Sentence: She opted to drive home from dinner because his carfooling makes her nauseous.
Etymology: carpool and fool
Contrafict
Created by: Wiserhinoceros
Pronunciation: CON-tra-fict
Sentence: He regularly contraficted driving against the traffic as if in contradiction to the rules of the road.
Etymology: Contra (against). fict (unreal). A conflation of contradict, traffic and fiction..
Madmaxima
Created by: MisUndrstd
Pronunciation: [Ma-d-Mak-Suh-Muh]
Sentence: My cousin Vinnie in an attempt to run from the cops darted in and out of traffic on the 405 freeway. Many comments were made from other drivers.. some of them were sign language in the form of the one fingered sign. Over the police radio the officer said "In pursuit of a MadMaxima on the 405..."
Etymology: Mad (upset, crazed+ Maxima (model of automobile)= MadMaxima
Comments:
Osomatic - 2007-07-17: 00:40:00
Wreckspect
Osomatic - 2007-07-17: 00:44:00
Eeek! I wasn't paying attention and I put my word in the wrong place - could you delete it for me, oh Mightiest of Verbotomists?
Osomatic - 2007-07-17: 00:44:00
Er... and the comment asking you to delete it. And, heh, this one too. I think I'm caught up now.
rikboyee - 2007-07-17: 01:00:00
aaahh...a bit of boxlexia i see
Kyoti - 2007-07-17: 11:12:00
La pequeña caja divertida.
MisUndrstd - 2007-07-17: 12:32:00
Yeah what Kyoti said!
Girljenta2006 - 2007-07-22: 11:27:00
Hi