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'But I don't want my hamburger in a car'

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.

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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

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Portapuesadom

Created by: conner

Pronunciation: To have false wisdom.

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Pedestriantics

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: pedest tree ant tiks

Sentence: Luther did not relish going through his pedestriantics just to get a hamburger from next door. He mustard looked on the faces of his passengers, Freddie & Teddy, who were all of 10 years old and quite in-the-know about hamburgers. Fred wasn't as savvy as he emoted, but he would ketchup and Teddy had the drive-through to make things mchappen. They had bun warned, but you know kids...they were the burger kings of all they surveyed!

Etymology: Pedestrian (lacking wit or imagination) & Antics (a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement)

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COMMENTS:

Excellent fusion! Very inspired. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-02: 05:45:00

Playfully excellent sentence and verbote! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-02: 10:17:00

whopper of a word! - galwaywegian, 2009-03-02: 15:01:00

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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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Malsophy

Created by: jessi18

Pronunciation: Mal-so-fee.

Sentence: Walking in the middle of the road requires ample malsophy.

Etymology: Mal-wrong sophy-wisdom

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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.

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