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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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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

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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:

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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:

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Brakawish

celeron450

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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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)

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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

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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

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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)

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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