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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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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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Rightrage
Created by: mdschermer
Pronunciation: RīT-rāj
Sentence: By some severe rightraging, he managed to make his Beetle grow the size of a roadtrain - in his head.
Etymology: "Right-of-way" + "roadrage"
Egomotor
Created by: Apone
Pronunciation: E-go-mo-tor
Sentence: "Why do you always egomotor like that? You'll get us killed!"
Etymology: prefix "ego" (e.g. of egomania) with "motor" meaning to drive
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
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
Roadhogish
Created by: GreatRandew
Pronunciation: road-hog-ish
Sentence: he was so roadhogish that he could not keep on his side of the road.
Etymology: road-hog-ish
Accelirrational
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ax-sell-er-ash-in-al
Sentence: Refusing to slow down was accelirrational in the extreme
Etymology: accelerate, irrational
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - fonka99, 2007-01-04: 09:47:00
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Roadgoading
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: rode/gode/ing
Sentence: The last time he played "roadgoading" with three semi-trailers on a busy freeway, he was more than a little miffed at the result.
Etymology: road + goading (inciting or arousing to action)
Adventurn
Created by: seifip
Pronunciation: adven turn
Sentence: We were adventurning all the way! I'm pumped with adrenaline after this way...
Etymology: adventure + turn
Dangriving
Created by: xshadowswimmer08x
Pronunciation: Dane-riving
Sentence: He started dangriving and it scared the crap out of me.
Etymology: danger/driving
