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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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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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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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Suisidewalk
Created by: FreakyDeak
Pronunciation: soo-ih-syde-wok
Sentence: He sure does love to suisidewalk. Maybe we should buy him a helmet instead of a car.
Etymology: Suicide + Sidewalk
Antinom
Created by: Jacobo
Pronunciation: Anti-nawm
Sentence: The boy antinomed the do not walk sign.
Etymology: anti- against. nom- law, rule
Automobilly
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: aw-tuh-moh-bil-ee
Sentence: Billy-Bob-Jerry-Ray doesn't understand why cars seem to have all the rights. Right of way, right on red... He thinks traffic in the city should work just like back home in the Ozarks. Whoever gets there first gets the space. When he acts like he's the same as a car his friends refer to him as an automobilly.
Etymology: automobile (a passenger vehicle designed for operation on ordinary roads and typically having four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine) + hillbilly (a person from a backwoods or other remote area)
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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Acure
Created by: pandaman
Pronunciation: a-cure
Sentence: He acures in the drive-thru.
Etymology: without care
Footstrong
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: fut - str - ong
Sentence: Murray was becoming too footstrong for his own good and others feared that he put himself in danger every day as he dared to go on foot where none would go before him... He crossed highways if there was not a better route, he walked through drive-thrus and today, he walked up to a toll-booth to get directions.
Etymology: A play on the expression "headstrong", instead foot + strong >> headstrong (Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) footstrong (determined to go places on foot that only vehicles should go) foot (travel by walking; "he followed on foot) strong (potent: having or wielding force or authority)
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COMMENTS:
Wow! A foot trip and a head trip all rolled into one! Onederful! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-02: 10:34:00
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Scareambulate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: skayr am byu layt
Sentence: When Denny decided to scareambulate the drive-through at the local fast food joint, he wanted a milk and a chili. His milk was shaken and his chili was alarming.
Etymology: Scare (frighten) & Perambulate (walk by foot)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James