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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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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.
Abstastic
Created by: Littell16
Pronunciation: abs-tas-tic
Sentence: Allsion made abstatic actions when she lost multi-word pop to Lauren.
Etymology: abs-from,away,down;tastic-amazing
Brakesist
Created by: FionaMin
Pronunciation: BRAYK-sist
Sentence: When the she saw the fast-approaching red light, Tammy felt the need to brakesist.
Etymology: brake + assist
Contracardiactist
Created by: meganfis
Pronunciation: Contra-cardiac-tist
Sentence: The driving instructor was on the edge of her seat, and was being a contracardiactist.
Etymology: contra- against, cardiac-heart,
Cairotaxiride
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: Cairo-taxi-ride
Sentence: With heart pounding the passenger cairotaxirode in a reflex, futile attempt to prevent a collision with a camel in downtown Cairo.
Etymology: Cairo (personal experience of this definition occurred in this city) + taxi (drivers of which, have no fear in Cairo) + ride (being taken for one)
Passengeritis
Created by: fonka99
Pronunciation: Pass-en-ger-itis
Sentence: Being of a naturally nervous nature, Maureen suffered from extreme passengeritis whenever she wasn't behind the wheel.
Etymology: From passenger and the suffix "itis"
Antebackdriving
Created by: alyssawren
Pronunciation: an-tee-back-driving
Sentence: Lucy was antebackdriving because the driver wasn't breaking or driving very well. She was breaking before the driver was.
Etymology: ante: before back: back seat driving:driving better than the driver
Stopujerk
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: STOP YOU JERK!
Sentence: "I hate driving with Jenny," he muttered, slamming the door behind him. "Stopujerk, stopujerk, stopujerk..." he mimicked.
Etymology: Muttering under the breath but loudly.
Fakebrake
Created by: hermionesnape
Pronunciation: fake-brake
Sentence: Jill is such a lousy driver that I fakebrake at every stop sign.
Etymology:
Brevator
Created by: gbegun
Pronunciation: BREV-aye-TOR
Sentence: Because of Suzi's brevator like personality, she believes everything should be stopped prematurely.
Etymology: Brev-Short Ator-person
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