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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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Dysanthropdiaterra
Created by: rianna
Pronunciation: dis-an-thow-pa-dat-erra
Sentence: The dysanthropdiaterra walked through the road with out even looking both ways because he felt he had the right of way.
Etymology: dys-bad anthrop-man, human dia-through, across terra-land
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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Antinom
Created by: Jacobo
Pronunciation: Anti-nawm
Sentence: The boy antinomed the do not walk sign.
Etymology: anti- against. nom- law, rule
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
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
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.
Autopeder
Created by: Mathiu
Pronunciation: yoo-tow-pee-dar
Sentence:
Etymology: automobile+pedestrian+-er
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
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James