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DEFINITION: v., To slowly inch your vehicle forward at a red traffic light hoping that you can make it change faster. n., A driver who allows their vehicle to creep into the middle of an intersection while waiting for a red light.
Verboticisms
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Greengrowcer
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: green/gro/sur
Sentence: A typical greengrowcer is under the impression that green lights will appear faster with a little pressure.
Etymology: green + grow + greengrocer
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COMMENTS:
Pretty good, Bookie! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:56:00
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Sneakcelerate
Created by: LoftyDreamer
Pronunciation: sneek-sell'-er-ate
Sentence: Congolia, desperate to meet her blind date, began to sneakcelerate when the traffic light seemed to be stuck on red.
Etymology: From "sneak" (to creep up stealthily) + part of "accelerate" (to hasten the progress of)
Inchtersectionist
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: inch-ter-sek-shun-ist
Sentence: Molly, being the inchtersectionist that she is, would invaribly creep up at every stop light until she was in the center of the interesection, jamming traffic in all directions.
Etymology: inch + intersection... (thus ends my 3 day -osis streak...)
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COMMENTS:
missed this yesterday - very good - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-07: 14:03:00
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Accelereddy
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ax sell er reddi
Sentence: Cindy had learned enough of the Highway Code to earn her license, but decided early on she like to make up her own rules as she went along. If she reached a red light, she would be accelereddy to gun the gas pedal, by inching forward, thus she rationalized, daring the red light to change to green. This technique got her home a whopping 2 minutes earlier and because she was oblivious to other drivers, made her cause several accidents on the way. It was because of Cindy and drivers like her that the term "Road Rage" was born!
Etymology: accelerate (to cause to move) & red (red light) & ready (anxious to proceed)
Usethefordsluke
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: yooz-thuh-fordz-luuk
Sentence: he deseperately needed the light to turn green, and suddenly a voice came into his head, 'usethefordsluke'. so he turned off his GPS and started inching his ford [millennium] falcon forward.
Etymology: use the force luke, ford
Inchicle
Created by: LotusB
Pronunciation: INCH-icle
Sentence:
Etymology: Inch (inch forward/creep) + Vehicle = Inchicle
Neocolorhopeful
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: nee-oh-ca-lore-ho-pa-ful
Sentence: She was one of the many neocolorhopefuls at the intersection trying to change the light with merely their miner brain capacity and the movement of their car.
Etymology: neo:new + color + hopeful
Creapred
Created by: bzma0501
Pronunciation: kri-prEd
Sentence: The creapred girl kept rolling on through the intersection.
Etymology: from English, "creap" + "red"
Greendy
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: Green dy
Sentence: The heliograph of sirens flickered on Bob's face as he walked slowly around the crumpled piece of tin that was once his car; Jane, the damsel to whom he was en route, was on his mind and he became a bit too greendy... until before long he found himself in the middle of the intersection with a frightening semi-truck on one end and an equally terrifying Mack truck on the other end. Bob, groaning inwardly, would have to postpone his date. The price of being greendy!
Etymology: Green (as in green light) & greedy (gluttonous)
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COMMENTS:
Wow. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:53:00
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Jettamindtrick
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: Jet-a-mind-trik
Sentence: Amalia was a pro at the Jettamindtrick. She knew that, with the magical power of her car and her superior mind, she could persuade other drivers at a four-way stop that she was there first, she could merge across four lanes of traffic at rush hour and yes, she could get a leading green arrow even as the only car in the turn lane. Sadly, however, she over-reached her "powers" when she tried to silently dissuade a state trooper from giving her a speeding ticket. After seeing her make odd, painful looking facial contortions at him, the trooper not only wrote her a ticket, he had her take a road side sobriety test as well.
Etymology: Jedi mind trick from Star Wars altered to incorporate Jetta, the Volkswagen sedan.
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COMMENTS:
Amalia should run into Heidi on a deserted back road. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 02:24:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Tigger and libertybelle. Thank you Tigger and libertybelle. ~ James
Tigger - 2007-12-06: 00:32:00
Actually, libertybelle should get sole credit. I should've read through the recent definitions before submitting mine.
i still say great minds think alike... though some say filthy minds think alike, as well... hmmm...
silveryaspen - 2007-12-06: 19:11:00
flows smoothly ... readily understood ... nice interplay of words.
silveryaspen - 2007-12-06: 19:14:00
like the first 2 syllable rhyme ... the word rolls off the tongue. The meaning is straightforward and implicit.
Today's definition was suggested by libertybelle. Thank you libertybelle. ~ James