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DEFINITION: n. A driver who ignores the rules of the road by driving very slowly (i.e. at the legal limit) in the fast lane. v. To strictly observe the "suggested" speed limits, even when using the fast lane.
Verboticisms
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Slowffeur
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: slo fewer
Sentence: Archie drove his ancient Triumph convertible every day down the freeway to his appointments and errands. He was a slowffeur and believed his car lasted longer if he drove slower. Luckily he was very hard of hearing, so he missed all the honks he got from his fellow commuters in the fast lane. He believed that a safe speed was one that was exactly one half of the posted limit. He was finally pulled over one morning by the Highway Patrol. The officer naturally requested to see his license and insurance papers, to which Archie finally shouted: "Never needed either, since I never go over the limits. I don't need papers, I know how to drive!"
Etymology: Slow (not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time) & Chauffeur (someone paid to drive a person in a car;to drive someone in a vehicle;a person who drives vehicles for a living)
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COMMENTS:
I think I rode in his taxi once. - Mustang, 2009-05-26: 06:42:00
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Lescargo
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: les kar go
Sentence: When old Lester gets out the vintage car and drives on the highway, he drives slowly in the fast lane to the annoyance of all others. When they beep him, he slows down even further. All the women at the nursing home call him a lescargo. Because he understands no French, he thinks they mean he has less baggage and is more available for dates.
Etymology: Fr: L'Escargot (Snail) & Less Car go
Veltar
Created by: tyler775
Pronunciation: /fil * tar/
Sentence: This veltar drives twenty miles per hour when the speed limit for this lane is sixty!
Etymology: *vel from latin prefix speed *tard from latin suffix slow
Roadtard
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: road-tard
Sentence: The line of traffic seem to stretch infinitely as the roadtard was trying to take the perfect profile picture of herself driving in the left lane.
Etymology: road+retard
Roadhogger
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: Road hogger is already commonly used to describe road users like this.
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COMMENTS:
roadhogger verblogger footslogger defogger peatbogger baddogger deadjogger eggnogger wetsogger
- metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:36:00
Hehehe... :-) - logarithm, 2008-11-27: 14:37:00
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Slotorist
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: slōtərist
Sentence: It never fails. The only day that you are behind schedule, you get stuck in back of a slotorist. Through the rear window all you can see is a fedora and a set of wrinkled white knuckles. The brake lights pop on at every curve or dip in the road. Just when you think you\'ll explode, you get a section of the road where you can pass. On you go to make up some time only to get pulled for speeding. The procedure takes a few minutes. Just long enough for you to resume your position behind Methuselah.
Etymology: slow (not quick or fast) + motorist (driver of an automobile)
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COMMENTS:
been there done that - Nosila, 2010-06-11: 11:56:00
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Recardation
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: rE-car-dA-shun
Sentence: The car pool is late for the work. The driver tries to make it on time as he comes across a motorist suffering from a case of recardation, in the fast lane, and relizes they are doomed.
Etymology: retard, as in slow/car
Stoperator
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: stop er ay tor
Sentence: Because he crawled and dawdled down the road, stopping for every bump and hole, he was awarded his stoperator license.
Etymology: Stop (not move) & Operator (someone who operates machinery)
Motortoise
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: moh/tawr/tuss
Sentence: She is a motortoise who drives 55 mph in the fast 55 mph lane.
Etymology: motorist + tortoise (turtle - slow) motor + (tor)toise and the mo + tortoise)
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COMMENTS:
fantastic blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-07: 12:52:00
Nice blend- I consider "Autotortoise" but it just didnt seem right. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-07: 20:32:00
Love the word, Stevenson0, it left me shell-shocked! - Nosila, 2008-04-08: 01:53:00
Great verboticism!! - Mustang, 2008-04-08: 03:12:00
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Slowtorist
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: slo-tur-ist
Sentence: I was late for work again due to a slowtorist driving the speed limit in the passing "lame".
Etymology: slow, motorist
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COMMENTS:
funny word - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-07: 12:53:00
oooo.. I hate getting stuck behind people in the passing lame. Great word. - Jamagra, 2008-04-07: 13:56:00
Good word- I considered: "Sloffeur" and "Snaileur" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-07: 20:37:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by stache and Biscotti. Thank you stache and Biscotti. ~ James
arrrteest - 2008-04-07: 17:40:00
A friend of mine always said, "Beware of old men in hats driving Buicks." I remember driving up the NJ Turnpike at 75MPH and pushing 80 in the right lane and being flashed by motorists thinking I was going too slow!
purpleartichokes - 2008-04-07: 18:03:00
My dad always said "Beware of men smoking cigars and driving station wagons." Wouldn't ya know, my first close call was with one of them?
logarithm - 2008-11-27: 11:18:00
Hehehe...
Today's definition was suggested by Biscotti. Thank you Biscotti. ~ James
PennonFurl - 2018-06-13: 19:02:00