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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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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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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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Brakesercise
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: brake-ser-size
Sentence: Muriel's driving was so bad, Alice had devized a brakesercise routine to calm her nerves.
Etymology: brake (ex)ercise
Pedalpushitis
Created by: widget
Pronunciation: Pedal-push-itus
Sentence: She had a severe case of pedalpushitis as the back of the juggernaut came in to view
Etymology:
Surrobrake
Created by: tangledupinblue
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My mother was babbling about my marital prospects and didn't see the red light, so I surrobraked and screamed "Stop!" but unfortunately she thought I was telling her to stop harassing me and we slammed into the car in front of us.
Etymology:
Brakawish
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
Brasm
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: brahsm
Sentence: Lucy was always on edge when riding in the car with her husband, Lou, and as he was often quite inattentive she would have a brasm, stomping on an imaginary brake pedal when she thought he was too slow to do so himself.
Etymology: Blend of 'brake' (device for stopping vehicles) and 'spasm' ( A sudden burst of energy, activity, or emotion)
Subrake
Created by: Partario
Pronunciation: Suh-Brake
Sentence: JESUS! we nerly hit him! i was using the subrake aswell!
Etymology: Su = Subconscience + Brake = To stop moving
Collaborbrake
Created by: vicminer
Pronunciation: collab-or-brake
Sentence: As the student driver stopped abruptly, the passenger in the car collabrobraked, even though he was in the passenger seat.
Etymology: col-with
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)
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