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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.

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highwireart

Created by: highwireart

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Antespazerake

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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Brakezation

Created by: KadAron

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Drivinstructify

Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: Dryv-in-struck-tih-fy

Sentence: My mom always drivinstructifies when I drive; I guess I don't break fast enough for her.

Etymology: Driving instructors have that second break pedal on their side, and people who do this tend to think they have one too (when they don't) and it's a good thing they don't have one!

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Brakeanoid

Created by: norsehorse

Pronunciation: Brake-a-noid

Sentence: You're a complete breakanoid.

Etymology: Paranoid and Brake

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Brakearating.

Created by: stormee

Pronunciation: Break-a-rating

Sentence: The passanger automatically started brakearating when the driver did not slow down at the stop sign.

Etymology: To use imaginary brake pedal.

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Spazenger

Created by: thedugster

Pronunciation: Spaz - enger

Sentence: My passenger needs medication, they are such a spazenger!

Etymology: Passengers who demonstrate irrational responses to required driving maneuvers.

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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".

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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)

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Ghostbraking

Created by: GreatRandew

Pronunciation: Ghost-braking

Sentence: Instinctivly braking when such an action is felt as needed but when there is no brake pedal.

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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