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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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Soccermomniac
Created by: dstorm78
Pronunciation: Socker-Mom-Nee-Ak
Sentence: The roads are no longer safe with all these soccermomniacs taking over with their huge SUVs and the total disregard for the other drivers on the road.
Etymology: A mix of soccer-moms (characterized by their big cars and disregard for anyone other than a member of their family) and a maniac, often related to the word soccer-mom, but more importantly related to one who is a driving maniac, road hog.
Drivenesia
Created by: Orlandin
Pronunciation: Drive-nesia
Sentence: Do you remember how to drive or do you have drivenesia?
Etymology: Amnesia.
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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Testosterisk
Created by: Hjason
Pronunciation: test-os-ter-isk
Sentence: Billy was killed yesterday driving to work when he took a mjor testosterisk by cutting off a line of cars on the off ramp just so he could be ahead of them in line.
Etymology: testosterone+risk
Dangriving
Created by: xshadowswimmer08x
Pronunciation: Dane-riving
Sentence: He started dangriving and it scared the crap out of me.
Etymology: danger/driving
Cabgressive
Created by: Stump
Pronunciation:
Sentence: During rush hour everyone gets overly cabgressive.
Etymology: Cab - reffering to NYC cabbies who are infamous for their driving gressive - from aggressive
Ownways
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: ownways
Sentence: As everything points out an other way you wil do your ownways.
Etymology: ways froms the way and own from yourself
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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