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DEFINITION: v. To instinctively slam your foot on "the brakes" even though you're just a passenger. Often occurs when the actual driver fails to brake appropriately. n. A sudden jerk of the leg.

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Dualcontrolism

Created by: Psychicsi

Pronunciation: du-al con-trol-ism

Sentence: Steve suffers dualcontrolism, but only when his wife is driving.

Etymology: from the dual conrol brakes found in many driving instructors cars

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Abscared

Created by: meganhardy

Pronunciation: ab-scared

Sentence: My foot abscared when Allison almost hit a tree while she was driving me to school this morning.

Etymology: ab- from scared- beleiving that your life is in great danger.

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Slownrider

Carla

Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: sloane-righ-duh

Sentence: Bernadette was the (self-appointed) car safety officer. Whenever the driver approached a 'hazard' (another car, for example), Bernadette would slam her foot onto the floor and beseech him to slow down.

Etymology: slow + 'lone rider'

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Contracardiactist

Created by: meganfis

Pronunciation: Contra-cardiac-tist

Sentence: The driving instructor was on the edge of her seat, and was being a contracardiactist.

Etymology: contra- against, cardiac-heart,

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Drivinginstructorism

Created by: ichiromania

Pronunciation: driving instructor ism

Sentence: from the way her foot is moving, that is a clear display of drivinginstructorism

Etymology: driving instructors

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Passengeritis

Created by: fonka99

Pronunciation: Pass-en-ger-itis

Sentence: Being of a naturally nervous nature, Maureen suffered from extreme passengeritis whenever she wasn't behind the wheel.

Etymology: From passenger and the suffix "itis"

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Cairotaxiride

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: Cairo-taxi-ride

Sentence: With heart pounding the passenger cairotaxirode in a reflex, futile attempt to prevent a collision with a camel in downtown Cairo.

Etymology: Cairo (personal experience of this definition occurred in this city) + taxi (drivers of which, have no fear in Cairo) + ride (being taken for one)

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Pedalenvy

Created by: Wriiight

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Brakeamiss

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: brak/a/mis

Sentence: Her breathtaking brakeamiss technique did nothing to prevent her day-dreaming driver from swerving into a pink elephant sitting quietly in the driveway munching on a bag of peanuts.

Etymology: brake + amiss

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Shotgunxiety

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: shot/guhn/zahy/i/tee

Sentence: She could only be in the front seat when she was driving, or shotgunxiety caused her to constantly stomp her brake foot.

Etymology: shotgun + anxiety

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Comments:

chris - 2006-12-27: 05:07:00
..hard to beat 'brakedancing'....

wordmeister - 2006-12-27: 10:37:00
Hey Chris, Yes I spotted brakedancing too! I was going to suggest that you consider "proxypedal" but that's your word... What about "Impedalment"? It's good too...

Wriiight - 2006-12-27: 12:56:00
While driving, I often notice my passengers suffer from a loss of controls.

wordmeister - 2006-12-27: 13:05:00
Good one Wriight!

nibololihiaa - 2018-12-27: 04:24:00
Промывки форсунок... Очистка инжектора....

Dulliesjag - 2018-12-27: 04:42:00
Sorry in place of

lolakusovska - 2018-12-27: 16:26:00
Хочу породистого щенка немецкой овчарки... Купить щенка немецкой овчарки..

gorapukinovs - 2018-12-27: 17:50:00
Массаж и техника массжа... Скидки на новогоднии праздники. Приглашаем

Dulliesjag - 2018-12-27: 19:45:00
What organize the