Verboticisms

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: brake-junk-ee

Sentence: Chris was such a brakejunkie that he couldn't sit still while riding with anybody unless he was the driver.

Etymology: brake + junkie

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Created by: IanArcher

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Created by: wiccanfey

Pronunciation: Auto-brake-i-tish (silent h)

Sentence: When my daughter was learning to drive, I couldn't help my autobrakitis and trying to grab the steering wheel to turn!

Etymology: Automatic, brake

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Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: ill-loo-shen-hawlt

Sentence: Mae bad drving made Sallie develop a crap in her right leg from all of her illusionhalt.

Etymology: illusion + halt

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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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Created by: johnnyrockett

Pronunciation: Br-a-ke-dans-ing

Sentence: As we slid through the stop sign, I instinctively breakdanced on the passenger side floor.

Etymology: Oh come on...breakdancing?

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COMMENTS:

how does this have 62 points? where did they all come from? - Javeson1, 2006-12-29: 00:44:00

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Created by: beverly

Pronunciation: anti spaz er rake

Sentence: She always antispazerakes when we get too close to another car.

Etymology: ante- before,prior to spazerake- a mix of the word spaz and brake

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: im-ped-ul-ment

Sentence: Sue hated riding in stop-and-go traffic when Bob was driving, as her impedalment would leave her leg aching by the journey's end.

Etymology: impediment, pedal

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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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Created by: rfrey121

Pronunciation: ab-de-break

Sentence: As the car sped out of contol and the driver did not break, the passenger became an abdebreak out of all of her fear.

Etymology: ab-from, away de- off break- stop

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