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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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Contrafibble
Created by: RachelRocks
Pronunciation: Con-tra-fibble
Sentence: Jeez mom, stop contrafibbling the floor of my truck when I'm driving.
Etymology: contra - against fibble - stomp
Antedisasterinstinctiveswervation
Created by: SydneyNFox
Pronunciation: ANT-EH-DIZ-AH-STIR-IN-STINK-TIV-SWERV-A-SHUN
Sentence: I slapped my foot down hard antedisasterinstictivswervigly,knowing if John didn't stop soon we would die!
Etymology: Ante-(Latin- before) Disaster-(Italian: Disastro- ill starred event) Instinct-(Latin: Instinctus- impulse) Swerve-(Old English: Sweorfan- depart, leave, turn aside)
Brevator
Created by: gbegun
Pronunciation: BREV-aye-TOR
Sentence: Because of Suzi's brevator like personality, she believes everything should be stopped prematurely.
Etymology: Brev-Short Ator-person
Brakejunkie
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
Britbrake
Created by: Adamson
Pronunciation: brit-brake
Sentence: I just can't get use to be sitting on this side and not driving, sorry if I britbrake and britclutch all the time.
Etymology: brit (brittain)+braking
Spiritbraking
Created by: Flamechick911
Pronunciation: [Spear-it bray-king]
Sentence: Jane got mad at me the other day because I can't seem to stop Spiritbraking but it's not my fault if she's a speed demon and almost gets into an accident everytime she drives.
Etymology: from spirit reading and ghost writing
Brakedancing
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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Reflexshun
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: re fleks shun
Sentence: Shirley felt an automatic reflexshun to slam on the brake when driving with her boyfriend Dan. He drove way too fast for her liking, so her leg reacted by trying to slam the non-existant brake on the passenger side. She should not have felt like being this defensive at all when riding with him, but seriously, even at the fast food drive through???
Etymology: Reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus) & Shun (avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of)
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
Aprestop
Created by: Stump
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I aprestop the car a lot when I drive with my elderly mother.
Etymology: apre - from apprehensive Stop
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