Verboticisms

Created by: omista

Pronunciation: aw-to-nec-RO-FO-BE-uh

Sentence: Jims autonecrophobia was so overwhelming that he found it hard to let anyone else drive.

Etymology: auto- self/car; necro- death; phobia- fear of

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Created by: Psychicsi

Pronunciation: du-al con-trol-ism

Sentence: Steve suffers dualcontrolism, but only when his wife is driving.

Etymology: from the dual conrol brakes found in many driving instructors cars

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Created by: briangianelos

Pronunciation: an-tE-ca-ta-stE-nkt

Sentence: Bill observed Jim's violent antecatastinct as he came to an abrupt stop at the busy intersection.

Etymology: Ante (before) cata (catastrophe) stinct (tendency)

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Created by: Manhattan

Pronunciation: Stitch-braek-ing

Sentence: He was clearly getting impatient and her stitchbreaking only sent him over the edge.

Etymology: From the word stitch and the work brake.

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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: 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: erasmus

Pronunciation: ped a pri or sist

Sentence: angie was the worst pedapriorsist I knew. I never let her sit in the front of the car.

Etymology: from pedal pressing and being prior of an event, and wanting to assist with driving.

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: im-ped-ul-ment

Sentence: Sue hated riding in stop-and-go traffic when Bob was driving, as her impedalment would leave her leg aching by the journey's end.

Etymology: impediment, pedal

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Created by: Fenners

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Brake dammit! I'm whiteknuckling here!

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Created by: Wriiight

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