Verboticisms

Created by: Abbers

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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"

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Created by: Chistinalove

Pronunciation: scared to death

Sentence: I was so skardtudeath when he almost slammed into the mercedes in front of us.

Etymology: scared to death

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Created by: SydneyNFox

Pronunciation: ANT-EH-DIZ-AH-STIR-IN-STINK-TIV-SWERV-A-SHUN

Sentence: I slapped my foot down hard antedisasterinstictivswervigly,knowing if John didn't stop soon we would die!

Etymology: Ante-(Latin- before) Disaster-(Italian: Disastro- ill starred event) Instinct-(Latin: Instinctus- impulse) Swerve-(Old English: Sweorfan- depart, leave, turn aside)

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Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: sloane-righ-duh

Sentence: Bernadette was the (self-appointed) car safety officer. Whenever the driver approached a 'hazard' (another car, for example), Bernadette would slam her foot onto the floor and beseech him to slow down.

Etymology: slow + 'lone rider'

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Created by: hairydoginparis

Pronunciation: brayk-shus

Sentence: My mother is a bad driver and I am often brakescious in the car with her.

Etymology: brake-to stop unconscious-to be unaware

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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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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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Created by: rfrey121

Pronunciation: ab-de-break

Sentence: As the car sped out of contol and the driver did not break, the passenger became an abdebreak out of all of her fear.

Etymology: ab-from, away de- off break- stop

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Created by: cannibalgymnastics

Pronunciation: stom- path - ee

Sentence: She didn't see the cyclist in time, but I still slammed my foot down in stompathy

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