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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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Megaperpoly
Created by: ryan14
Pronunciation: mega-purp-aly
Sentence: look at this megaperpoly holding up the line with his dumb questions!
Etymology: roman
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
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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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)
Roverstepping
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: rove er step ping
Sentence: The bands of roverstepping teens were frightfully irritating to the motorists.
Etymology: ROVER, OVERSTEPPING. Rover - somebody who wanders from place to place. Overstepping - exceeding boundaries and limits.
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COMMENTS:
Nice word. Good construction. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-02: 05:49:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-02: 10:14:00
Rover is also a vehicle manufacturer - petaj, 2009-03-03: 06:59:00
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Pepestrian
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pep est reee an
Sentence: Walking Bull denied being a pepestrian, ststing that he waited for the red man before crossing the road.
Etymology: pedestrian, pest
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.
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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Malviv
Created by: collins2
Pronunciation: Mahl-viv
Sentence: The man was malviv by not following the rules
Etymology: Bad living
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James