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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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Esallboutme
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Es-ALL-BOUT-ME
Sentence: Look a that crazy Ms. Esallboutme! She's gonna get herself killed by that tractor if she don't look out.
Etymology: It's All About me, get outta my damn way, I said go GREEN!
Autokinesis
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: aw/toh/ki/nee/sis
Sentence: Autokinesis occurs at a red light when I let my car inch forward into the intersection. Unfailingly, the traffic light changes almost immediately to green. It's weird and it's scary, but my Chevy Impala and I have metaphysical powers together which could break down any city's computerized traffic flow.
Etymology: automobile + kinesis (physical movement of something in response to a stimulus)
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-06: 12:43:00
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Creapred
Created by: bzma0501
Pronunciation: kri-prEd
Sentence: The creapred girl kept rolling on through the intersection.
Etymology: from English, "creap" + "red"
Draglighting
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: drag lite ing
Sentence: Days after buying his minivan, Tom finally realized that he could no longer draglight without feeling a lasting sense of shame and self loathing.
Etymology: drag racing + light
Litehog
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation: lite+hog
Sentence: Mortisha is a litehog.She creaps up in traffic to get in on the lite change.
Etymology:
Incremotorist
Created by: IllmaticKD
Pronunciation: Ink'ra'mote'ur'ist
Sentence: Clearly suffering from trauma to the head of various degrees several drivers on todays roads fall victem to incremotorism. Apparently making crosswalks safe for children is not on the agenda of this dirty rotten incremotorist.
Etymology: noun; Derived from two words. Increment and motorist. Also see: incremotorism.
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COMMENTS:
LOL I like it! - Korinne, 2007-12-06: 08:43:00
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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
Anticipeeler
Created by: Korinne
Pronunciation: Antis-i-peel-er
Sentence: Late for her colonoscopy appointment, Cynthia kept getting stopped at red lights. A chronic anticipeeler, she kept inching her car forward in hopes of triggering the "sensor" so she could peel away!
Etymology: Anticipate - Peeling (hitting the gas and screetching the tires)
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COMMENTS:
Haha... your word is fun to say. - IllmaticKD, 2007-12-06: 01:43:00
asstounding, well done! - galwaywegian, 2007-12-06: 04:00:00
THanks!! :) - Korinne, 2007-12-07: 09:21:00
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Greengo
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: gree ng go
Sentence: The greengo he try the dodge city shuffle one time too many. He meet a beer lorry on a mission at a major intersection, asquashed him like a tortilla!
Etymology: gringo, green go.
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COMMENTS:
veree funnee - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-06: 12:44:00
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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