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'Those idiots! I have the right of way!'

DEFINITION: To assert your right-of-way in traffic, even when it's stupidly dangerous to do so.

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Divinerightofway

Created by: IanArcher

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Sentence: "dammit, it's my divinerightofway, and i'm going to claim it -- or die trying!"

Etymology: a bit kludgy, but a mixture of "divine right" and "right of way"

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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"

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Steercrazy

Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: STEER-kray-zee

Sentence: Jim went steercrazy, cutting off a Hummer, two semis and a police car -- but at least he got the last parking space at the drivers license bureau lot.

Etymology: steering + stir-crazy

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Accinine

ubgrud

Created by: ubgrud

Pronunciation: ax-see-nine

Sentence: He accinined across 4 lanes of traffic.

Etymology: accident + assinine

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Suveer

Created by: Sissyphus

Pronunciation: S U veer

Sentence: The bicycle was technically in the right hand lane, but I needed to turn immediately so I just SUVeered around the corner and hoped he had decent brakes.

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Suidrive

Created by: FionaMin

Pronunciation: su-ih-drive

Sentence: Billy decided to suidrive in order to get in front of that Mack truck. Hey, his car fit into that 4 foot space, right?

Etymology: Suicide + drive

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Carmikaze

Created by: urbanwookie

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Carikazi

Created by: Ahoytheship

Pronunciation: car-i-ka-zee

Sentence: The man became a total carikazi after trying to deal with Thanksgiving traffic.

Etymology: car+kamikaze

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Drivenesia

Created by: Orlandin

Pronunciation: Drive-nesia

Sentence: Do you remember how to drive or do you have drivenesia?

Etymology: Amnesia.

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Jeopardefy

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /j&-'por-d&-"fI/

Sentence: Look both ways before crossing even one-way streets. To do otherwise is just jeopardifying yourself.

Etymology: From jeopardy + defy

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