Verboticisms

Created by: celeron450

Pronunciation: brake-uh-wish

Sentence: As they approached the traffic jam far too rapidly, Brian's father could only brakawish.

Etymology: brake, make a wish

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Created by: dimercurio

Pronunciation: jen-yoo-stretch

Sentence: Saw that genustretch there. Does my driving scare you that much?

Etymology: Genu (Latin for knee) + stretch, based off of "genuflect" (Latin "to bend the knee", a word used to describe kneeling in a church)

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Created by: PeteyPeteMcPetey

Pronunciation: Doot-Stop

Sentence: An old lady was about to cross the road, so I attempted a dootstop.

Etymology: Pitstop combined with what you might say if you were to verbalise the your feelings - "dooot! Stop!".

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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".

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Created by: cannibalgymnastics

Pronunciation: stom- path - ee

Sentence: She didn't see the cyclist in time, but I still slammed my foot down in stompathy

Etymology:

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Created by: specks28

Pronunciation: Ben-eh-fick-tus

Sentence: Polly was benefictious when I drove her to the zoo. She thanked me over and over again.

Etymology: Bene-good Fictious- real

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: pasinjərk

Sentence: Lucy is a terrible traveler. If she isn’t the driver she takes on the role of the passenjerk, twitching, sighing and stomping on the imaginary brakes every time there is some flex in the traffic flow. With her in the car it’s a good idea to leave a window down at least a crack so that her sucking air through clenched teeth doesn’t create a vacuum that cracks the windshield or cause the driver to pass out for lack of oxygen.

Etymology: passenger (a traveler on a public or private conveyance other than the driver, pilot, or crew) + jerk (a quick, sharp, sudden movement/a contemptibly obnoxious person)

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Created by: ColeyPTrain

Pronunciation: Con-Tra-Sla-Am

Sentence: Out fear Lola contraslammed her foot against the front of the car as though she had a break in front of her

Etymology: Contra- Against Slam- Push hard

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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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Created by: awesomo

Pronunciation: halt-pulse

Sentence: Rudy almost ran-over a racoon, so I had the haltpule to stop him.

Etymology: halt-impulse

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