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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.
Verboticisms
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Bootflex
Created by: Drock
Pronunciation: BOOT-fleks
Sentence: As her friend skidded past the stop sign, she crammed her eyes closed and made a bootflex.
Etymology: Bootless - without result, futile. Reflex - an involuntary action.
Ghostdriver
Created by: memexikon
Pronunciation: goost dry ver
Sentence: The ghostdriver was a better driver than the person in the driver's seat.
Etymology: ghost + driver
Drivinginstructorism
Created by: ichiromania
Pronunciation: driving instructor ism
Sentence: from the way her foot is moving, that is a clear display of drivinginstructorism
Etymology: driving instructors
Contrafibble
Created by: RachelRocks
Pronunciation: Con-tra-fibble
Sentence: Jeez mom, stop contrafibbling the floor of my truck when I'm driving.
Etymology: contra - against fibble - stomp
Adbrake
Created by: DrDurrer
Pronunciation: Ad-brake
Sentence: Thinking they were going to be in an accident, Maggie Ad-braked and slammed her foot to the floor, thinking she was in the driver's seat
Etymology: Ad-(latin) toward brake-to stop
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
Stopprehension
Created by: kryptik
Pronunciation: staw-pre-hen-shun
Sentence: Everyone Kate drives with suffers from acute stopprehension, which increases with every red light she misses.
Etymology: From the words 'stop' and 'apprehension'
Empathengerfeet
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: em-paath-en-jer-feet
Sentence: Realising that Gary had not noticed the red light, Jacob tried to empathengerfeet them to a safe stop.... there were no survivors
Etymology: empathy, passenger seat, feet
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