Verboticisms

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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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: red jing

Sentence: Her attempt at redging through the instersection was soon stopped by the big bus whowas running the amber light.

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: inchersecting

Sentence: Jane believed that she needed to be inchersecting at every red light in order to continue driving, a notion she'd had since she was little. Her father would entertain her by inching up at traffic signals far enough that he could see when the light in the opposite direction turned yellow. Then he would count to three and say, "abracadabra," making her believe that he had magical powers to change red lights.

Etymology: inch: to move forward slowly in small increments + intersecting: to cut across or through as at an intersection of a road

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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

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: an-TISS-uh-lurch

Sentence: When she was at the head of the line waiting for the red light to change Miranda would employ her anticilurch technique wherein she would creep out into the intersection ever so slightly ready to blast off ahead of the other cars waiting.

Etymology: Blend of anticipate and lurch

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COMMENTS:

great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-30: 11:06:00

At least Miranda didn't sit there texting... - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:49:00

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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)

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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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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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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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Created by: hendrixius

Pronunciation: /lite-run-ning/

Sentence: Though she did not ever completely blow through a stoplight, Jill had the habit of literunning ever red-light she encountered.

Etymology: "running" a red "light" and "lite", as in Lite Beer - a little less than full on "Lightrunning"

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