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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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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.
Shotgunxiety
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: shot/guhn/zahy/i/tee
Sentence: She could only be in the front seat when she was driving, or shotgunxiety caused her to constantly stomp her brake foot.
Etymology: shotgun + anxiety
Brakear
Created by: xshadowswimmer08x
Pronunciation: break-ear
Sentence: i saw her brakearing while i was driving.
Etymology: break/fear
Trepedalate
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: treh-PEH-deh-layt
Sentence: Jim frantically trepedelated as his teenage son sped down the street.
Etymology: trepidation + pedal
Haltpulse
Created by: awesomo
Pronunciation: halt-pulse
Sentence: Rudy almost ran-over a racoon, so I had the haltpule to stop him.
Etymology: halt-impulse
Genustretch
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)
Brakeomatic
Created by: bghicks
Pronunciation: break oh matic
Sentence: When his 16 year old failed to stop at the red light, his foot brakeomatically went into action.
Etymology: brake automatic
Brakeostress
Created by: seifip
Pronunciation: brake o stress
Sentence: I'm brakeostressed. Please, dont ride so fast!
Etymology: brake + stress
Brevitensing
Created by: DeanHildner
Pronunciation: Brev-eh-ten-sing
Sentence: Everytime Jamamoth is driving and comes close to crashing Wanda always finds herself brevitensing, wishing there was a break under her foot.
Etymology: Brev- short ehtensing- tensing
Brakawish
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
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