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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.
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Anthropolithomania
Created by: smepeoplechange
Pronunciation: An-throw-op-o-lith-o-man-e-a
Sentence: The Anthropolithomania was obssessed with walking upon the road.
Etymology: Anthropo- man, human lithio- stone, rock mania- excessive desire/mental aberration
Dumblethrough
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Dum-bull-threw
Sentence: Shmoe went walking one day and realized he was starving! As he was walking he noticed a blister on the heel of his foot and he was too tired to go inside the burger joint. So, he walks up to the drive through and cuts in line in front of the cars. Thelma at the drive through could not believe this jerk would do such a "Dumbelthrough" act at the drive through.
Etymology: To be dumb and cut through in front of others. (no manners)
Antinom
Created by: Jacobo
Pronunciation: Anti-nawm
Sentence: The boy antinomed the do not walk sign.
Etymology: anti- against. nom- law, rule
Anticedeped
Created by: kmeder
Pronunciation: anti-ceed-e-ped
Sentence: Tom drove down the road anticedeped, and ignored all those walking down the center of the road.
Etymology: against yield by foot
Psychoantisidewalkism
Created by: 585860
Pronunciation: cy-co-ant-I-side-walk-is-uhm
Sentence: The man on the bike had psychoantisidewalkism so he rode on the highway.
Etymology: psycho- in the mind anti- against
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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Antisophy
Created by: brocknem
Pronunciation: An-ti-sof-ee
Sentence: As the pedestrian was doing many Antisophy tasks, a burglar came up to him and shanked him.
Etymology: Anti- against -sophy - wise
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COMMENTS:
wooowww im quite shocked to be honest with you. - brocknem, 2010-09-13: 12:30:00
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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
Incerebrdemi
Created by: emnbrock
Pronunciation: in-sar-a-bruh-demi
Sentence: That person who just jumped off a bridge is an incerebrdemi.
Etymology: in- not, without; cerebr- brain; demi- people
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James