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DEFINITION: v. To ignore conventional wisdom and traffic rules by walking in areas normally restricted to motor vehicles. n. An aggressive pedestrian who feels it is their god-given right to walk in the middle of the road.
Verboticisms
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Nikerider
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: nigh krigh derr
Sentence: The nikerider switched lanes once too aften and was thrown skyward, staying in the air longer than Air Jordan had ever managed.
Etymology: night rider, nike shoes
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-02: 10:15:00
Airudite! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-02: 10:30:00
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Deadestrian
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ded est reee an
Sentence: the deadestrian must have been an outofhisheadestrian to try crossing there.
Etymology: pedestrian dead
Carstruck
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: CAR struck
Sentence: What an odd guy Tom is. First he just loved cars the way that a lot of young boys did. But soon it was more like an obsession. He had become completely carstruck. He took pictures of every new model that came out and pretty much wallpapered his room with them. Then it got even odder. He started to think like he was a car. He walked up to drive-throughs and ordered food, sat in a parking space at a drive-in movie, weaved in and out of traffic making honking noises and even worse...he started showering in his driveway.
Etymology: CAR: and STARSTRUCK: exhibiting a fascination with famous people
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COMMENTS:
I thought of this word too, but wasn't able to come up with your wonderful sentences! - readerwriter, 2009-03-02: 09:28:00
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-02: 10:19:00
Miles of smiles in your sentence! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-02: 10:32:00
great ideas! - splendiction, 2009-03-02: 21:31:00
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Peregrump
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: PAIR-uh-GRUMP
Sentence: Unable to afford the most elementary form of wheeled transport and not having the skills needed to operate even a skateboard, Fritz nurtured a lifelong grudge against scooter pilots, cyclists and anyone flaunting their customized chromium wheelchairs. Rejected by the Rebels, Fritz had become a PEREGRUMP ever since he meandered down from the hills and across the highway. Asserting his pedestrian rights, he would often step arrogantly into the flow of traffic, protected only by his hundred-meter stare and imaginary aura of invincibility. Fritz had ample time to adjust his attitude as his mangled body recovered from an all-too-close encounter with an S.U.V. Now he's in traction, staring at the hospital ceiling as he mentally composes his Speedbumpkin Manifesto and creates verbotomisms with a pencil clutched between his teeth.
Etymology: PEREGrine+gRUMP=PEREGRUMP....PEREGRINE: having a tendency to wander, sometimes obliviously;Middle French peregrin, from Medieval Latin peregrinus, from Latin, foreign.....GRUMP:a person given to complaining,an act borne of ill humor or sulkiness, sometimes malicious.
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COMMENTS:
SPEEDBUMP: a low obstruction placed on a roadway to limit vehicular speed (1972).....Bumpkin:an awkward and unsophisticated rustic;perhaps from Dutch bommekijn small cask, from Middle Dutch, from bomme cask
Date: 1570
:) - metrohumanx, 2009-03-02: 05:26:00
You must have watched the program on the Unabomber last night! - readerwriter, 2009-03-02: 09:30:00
fantastic sentence - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-02: 10:15:00
and a terrific last line! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-02: 10:41:00
insightful & funny! - splendiction, 2009-03-02: 21:29:00
So talented :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-25: 14:06:00
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Orthopath
Created by: AMEE3
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
orthpath... - AMEE3, 2010-09-13: 12:28:00
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Hiwaydum
Created by: Bughunt
Pronunciation: hi (rhymes with high) - way - dum
Sentence: The person was waiting for the man clearly expressing hiwaydum character to get out of the way. Though the food anagrism didn't help.
Etymology: HI + WAY + DUM. Root words: highway, high, way, dumbo, dumbness, dum
Strideology
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: stry/dee/ol/oh/gee
Sentence: Stan's strideology was that humans are indigenous to the planet and therefore always have the right of way over mechanical devices such as cars.
Etymology: stride + ideology
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COMMENTS:
Damned clever! Very cerebral, too. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-02: 06:09:00
funny...I like it. - mweinmann, 2009-03-02: 07:58:00
Ideal! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-02: 10:19:00
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Looksidewalker
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: look syde wal ker
Sentence: It was at the Galaxy Burger Drive-In that the lookskywalker first appeared. He ignored all the Meteors, Comets, Galaxies, Saturns,Pulsars, Tauruses, Novas and Eclipses and instead walked up to place his order. The girl taking his order was at first reticent, but then he noticed she was gorgeous...phasars on stunning. She was Venus and all he wanted instead of a burger was to experience the Big Bang Theory.
Etymology: Luke Skywalker (hero of Star Wars fame) & Look (see) & Sidewalker (someone who stays on the sidewalk to amble)
Jayfarer
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: jay/fair/er
Sentence: The jayfarer caused havoc on the freeway this morning trying to dodge 100 mile per hour traffic.
Etymology: JAYFARER - noun - from JAYWALKER (to cross a street illegally or in a reckless manner) + WAYFARER (a pedestrian who walks from place to place on foot)
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COMMENTS:
He is a poor jayfaring stranger...travelling through this world of woe...(from the folk song, "I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger." - readerwriter, 2009-03-02: 09:36:00
A farevorite! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-02: 10:29:00
nice - galwaywegian, 2009-03-02: 15:02:00
like it. - mweinmann, 2009-03-03: 07:52:00
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Hikerchick
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: hi - kur - chik
Sentence: Betty had recently became a hikerchick... She walked everywhere, even in places where only vehicles should be allowed; but no one could stop her.
Etymology: play on bikerchick also hiker and chick.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James