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DEFINITION: To assert your right-of-way in traffic, even when it's stupidly dangerous to do so.
Verboticisms
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Irroadsponsible
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ir/road/sponce/ible
Sentence: He crossed 3 lanes of traffic without signalling, demonstrating how totally irroadsponsible he is.
Etymology: irresponsible + road
Coupedetat
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: coop/deh/tah
Sentence: He instituted a coupedetat on a north bound road declaring it a south bound route from here on.
Etymology: coup d'etat + coupe
Streetknuckle
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: street-nuk-ull
Sentence: Swallowing one's pride and choosing not to streetknuckle prevents many an accident.
Etymology: In a shamelessly lame attempt to appeal to the masses (for votes), the simple streak continues: From "street" and "knuckle". I hate myself.
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COMMENTS:
Shamelessly lame? Simple is better. I like this one...sounds like a word I'd actually use, as opposed to most of the linguistic monstrosities out there. - ErWenn, 2007-01-06: 01:09:00
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Dangriving
Created by: xshadowswimmer08x
Pronunciation: Dane-riving
Sentence: He started dangriving and it scared the crap out of me.
Etymology: danger/driving
Wrongofway
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: rong-ov-way
Sentence: too many people these days think they can just take the wrong-of-way whenever they feel like it.
Etymology: a play on the words right of way
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COMMENTS:
Just so we're clear, I created wrongofway before bondfool. Not that it's terribly difficult to conceive, but just so we're clear... - Javeson1, 2007-01-08: 13:48:00
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Autoretardation
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Out of the office and behind the wheel, Dave's autoretardation manifested itself in a string of frightening driving manuevers.
Etymology:
Wrongofway
Created by: bondfool
Pronunciation: rong-ov-way
Sentence: too many people these days think they can just take the wrong-of-way whenever they feel like it.
Etymology: a play on the words right of way
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COMMENTS:
Just so we're clear, I created wrongofway before bondfool. Not that it's terribly difficult to conceive, but just so we're clear... - Javeson1, 2007-01-08: 13:48:00
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Stubmerge
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: stub-murj
Sentence: When the two lanes became one, Harold obstinately stubmerged right into the middle of a pack of motorcycles.
Etymology: stubborn + merge to form a word similar to submerge
Hazzardriving
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: HA-zard-dri-ving
Sentence: Billy yelled "Dukes of Hazzard, Dukes of Hazzard!" as he swerved into the median to overtake the Corvette. He sure loved him some hazzardriving.
Etymology: Dukes of Hazzard + Driving
