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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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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.
Acure
Created by: pandaman
Pronunciation: a-cure
Sentence: He acures in the drive-thru.
Etymology: without care
Deadestrian
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ded est reee an
Sentence: the deadestrian must have been an outofhisheadestrian to try crossing there.
Etymology: pedestrian dead
Ignorambulator
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ig-nor-AM-buhl-ayt-ehr
Sentence: Seemingly unaware of traffic laws or of the fact that he was impeding traffic as well as endangering his very life, Norman continued on, the unmindful ignorambulator, leaving cursing motorists in his wake.
Etymology: : Blend of 'ignoramus' (one who is lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact) and 'ambulator' (One who walks about; a walker)
Ignorambulator
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ig-nor-AM-buhl-ayt-ehr
Sentence: Seemingly unaware of traffic laws or of the fact that he was impeding traffic as well as endangering his very life, Wilbur continued on, the unmindful ignorambulator, leaving cursing motorists in his wake.
Etymology: Blend of 'ignorant' (lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact) and 'ambulator' (One who walks about; a walker)
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COMMENTS:
Ignoramulator has great "texture"...I was leaning toward something ambulatory, too. Nice word, Mustango! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-02: 05:47:00
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-02: 10:16:00
Also a perfect blend of ignoramus and ambulator! Great create! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-02: 10:39:00
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Perambulance
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: per-AM-byu-lance
Sentence: Pammy, quit wailing like a siren and get off the road. Your perambulancing will get you killed one of these days.
Etymology: perambulate (walk) + ambulance (emergency vehicle that moves at high speed and has right of way)
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COMMENTS:
Huh, just realised I've made three verbotomisms beginning with p in a row. - petaj, 2009-03-03: 07:03:00
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Cephalpath
Created by: NAKEDPANDA2
Pronunciation: Cephal-path
Sentence: LOOK AT THAT CEHPHAL PATH
Etymology: cephal -head path -idk
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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Antinom
Created by: Jacobo
Pronunciation: Anti-nawm
Sentence: The boy antinomed the do not walk sign.
Etymology: anti- against. nom- law, rule
Pedesastrian
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: ped es ass tri an
Sentence: She'd seldom seen pedesatrians bare-foot their way through the busy drive-thru (when the store front was nearly empty)! She tersely told him, "No barefoot pedesastrians in the drive thru lane"! Cars behind him honked. The man didn't seem to care. She reluctantly watched him proudly, mechanically, pad his feet onto the busy six-lane road, his soles black with car exhaust. This pedesastrian was even ignoring the red light! AHHHH!
Etymology: From the words pedestrian, ass and disaster. A person who unwisely or unknowingly, travels by foot on vehicle-only routes, often to disastrous consequences.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James