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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.
Verboticisms
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Pedapriorsist
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: ped a pri or sist
Sentence: angie was the worst pedapriorsist I knew. I never let her sit in the front of the car.
Etymology: from pedal pressing and being prior of an event, and wanting to assist with driving.
Phantasmabrakeage
Created by: adobrodt
Pronunciation: fan-TAS-ma-BRAKE-ij
Sentence: Bob suffered from an incurable phantasmabrakeage syndrome, causing most of his friends to insist on him driving everywhere.
Etymology: From phantasm (imaginary) and brakeage (the action of a brake)
Psuedabraker
Created by: llimllib
Pronunciation: `Sood-a-break-er
Sentence: Steven laughed when Janine, the ex-driving instructor, bought her antique car. "Now you're a pseudabraker in a Studabaker!"
Etymology: Psuedo + braker = psuedabraker
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COMMENTS:
I like the Studabaker reference. I got it without looking at the sentance. - johnnyrockett, 2006-12-27: 10:48:00
Thanks Johnny. - llimllib, 2006-12-28: 08:15:00
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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
Fakebrake
Created by: hermionesnape
Pronunciation: fake-brake
Sentence: Jill is such a lousy driver that I fakebrake at every stop sign.
Etymology:
Misdrive
Created by: Flixst
Pronunciation: mɪs'draiv
Sentence: When I'm sleeping in a car, I'm alway misdriving.
Etymology: mis(wrongly) + drive
Caroperate
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation:
Sentence: As they approached the junction at full speed, Millie, in the passenger seat, instictively caroperated.
Etymology:
Autopedite
Created by: Hjason
Pronunciation: Auto-ped-ite
Sentence: It is so annoying when I am driving my friend around and they sit there autopediting as if I was not a capable driver.
Etymology: Automatic(as in instinctual)+pedal+expidite
Passbrake
Created by: ScyldScefing
Pronunciation: /pAEzbrEIk/, where AE stands for "a" as in "cat" and "EI" is pronounced as dypthong, not separate sounds.
Sentence: "And there it was, this truck, and John seemed to be so slow, I passbraked so hard you could actually hear the "thud"
Etymology: From "pass", short for "passenger", and the verb "to brake".
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