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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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Nervyswerve
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: NURV-ee-swurv
Sentence: Alex nervyswerved through rush-hour traffic to avoid being late to his girlfriend's house *again*.
Etymology: nervy + swerve
Idiocright
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: ih-dee-aw-k-r-i-t
Sentence: He was idiocrighting.
Etymology: idiocracy+right
Steeringwill
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: steer-ing-will
Sentence: even though it was going to eventuate in a devastating collision, his steeringwill had kicked in and nothing could divert him from his path
Etymology: steering wheel, will
Deadfast
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ded faast
Sentence: The undertaker remarked on how deadfast the Lemming family had been through the generations, right back to old Abe who had tried to reason with a herd of buffalo in the days before barbed wire. This time however it was a herd of hogs who had parked in Josia's executive car space at the Lemming liquor store.
Etymology: steadfast, dead fast.
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COMMENTS:
nice intuitive word. Minor objection to it not being a verb but a good idea. - Wiserhinoceros, 2007-07-17: 11:50:00
Hmm where in the rules does it say it has to be a verb? I guess that is somewhat implied from the name of the game, but I didn't realize that was a hard and fast rule. - jesster, 2007-07-17: 13:15:00
I would think the definition implies verb-like action in this case, but a well-placed object works for me too. - Kyoti, 2007-07-17: 15:24:00
would you like to rephrase that Kyoti? - galwaywegian, 2007-07-18: 03:57:00
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Coupedetat
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: coop/day/tah
Sentence: He instituted a coupedetat on a north bound road by declaring it a south bound route from here on.
Etymology: coup d'etat + coupe
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COMMENTS:
Coupe, there it is... hey, hey, hey! - Kyoti, 2007-07-17: 15:45:00
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Yieldiotic
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Yeel-dee-aw-dik
Sentence: "I don't care how big that tank is! It have right-of-way!" exclaimed my yieldiotic cousin.
Etymology: Yield (give right-of-way to traffic) + idiotic (stupid)
Irroadsponsible
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ir/road/sponce/ible
Sentence: He again crossed 3 lanes of traffic without signaling, demonstrating how totally irroadsponsible he is.
Etymology: irresponsible + road
Steercrazy
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: steer/crazy
Sentence: He would often go steercrazy and try to stir things up by driving backwards on the highway.
Etymology: stir crazy + steer
Wheelstup
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Wheel + stup or stoop(depending on the variety of English you speak)
Sentence: If you're a passenger in a car driven by a wheelstup-insist on your rites!
Etymology: Wheel+ stup:a backformation of stupidity
Roadhogit
Created by: irminem
Pronunciation: road-hog-it
Sentence: There are inconsiderate drivers who roadhogit on the highways to the detriment of other roadusers.
Etymology: From "roadhog" a driver who behaves like a complete hog on the road.
Carfool
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: car-fool
Sentence: She opted to drive home from dinner because his carfooling makes her nauseous.
Etymology: carpool and fool
Idiodrive
Created by: Gladbags
Pronunciation: Ehd-E-Oh-Drive
Sentence: That idiodriver is going to cause a car accident!
Etymology:
Contrafict
Created by: Wiserhinoceros
Pronunciation: CON-tra-fict
Sentence: He regularly contraficted driving against the traffic as if in contradiction to the rules of the road.
Etymology: Contra (against). fict (unreal). A conflation of contradict, traffic and fiction..
Driveritis
Created by: r0b0tj0n3z
Pronunciation: dry-ver-ight-iss
Sentence: Steve has driveritis tendencies
Etymology: driver, tendonitis?
Carazy
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ca-ray-zee
Sentence: Carazy Carl careered along the Champs Elysee in his Corolla calling out to Camira drivers to get out of his way.
Etymology: car + crazy
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COMMENTS:
carazy for trying, carazy for crying and carazy for loving you... - galwaywegian, 2007-07-17: 07:20:00
I want to give bonus points for alliterative license, but the DPS failed me on that portion of the exam. - Kyoti, 2007-07-17: 11:07:00
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Motormortal
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: mote-r-more-tal
Sentence: Ken motormortalled through the garage driving like a mad man in Barbie's massive party camper, squashing all of her plastic flowers along the way to GI Joe's tent in the woods.
Etymology: motor (drive) + mortal (deadly)
Termimotor
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: tur-mih-moh-tur
Sentence: As he began to termimotor down the road, he came to the conclusion that the rest of the driving public were idiots.
Etymology: The Terminator, motor
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COMMENTS:
hehehe - galwaywegian, 2007-07-17: 07:18:00
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Suicideswiped
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Soo-uh-side-swypte
Sentence: Even though Rocky saw the car ahead turning left in the center lane, he mashed the gas and swung around and nearly got us suicideswiped in the process.
Etymology: Suicide + sideswiped
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COMMENTS:
love it! - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-17: 12:13:00
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Brainpounding
Created by: puttputt
Pronunciation: braen pownding
Sentence: I was so upset with this traffic it was so brainpounding.
Etymology: to show anger or diffuculty understanding something.
Carwinism
Created by: jesster
Pronunciation: Car - win -ism
Sentence: George is a terrible driver. The fact that he has survived to the age of 35 and has two kids is clearly a complete failure of the theory of carwinism.
Etymology: Car (you know, a car) + Darwinism (the process of natural selection, by which unfit individuals are eliminated from the gene pool)
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COMMENTS:
Maybe we should be teaching the theory of careationism after all... - jesster, 2007-07-17: 13:16:00
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Roadstupidity
Created by: leaffan001
Pronunciation: ro-od-stu-pid-i-te
Sentence: driving stupidly even though you think it is right
Etymology: comes from the word roadrage
Wreckspect
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: Wreck + spect
Sentence: He'll wreckspect a two-ton semi trailer to stop on a dime if it means getting the right of way!
Etymology: Wreck + expect
Strdiver
Created by: missmurder
Pronunciation: sra-dive-err
Sentence: Dan got a ticket because he was a strdiver.
Etymology: stuipid+driver
Trafficalisation
Created by: angel1615
Pronunciation: traff-ik-all-i-say-shun
Sentence: These people cant drive havent they ever heard of trafficalisation. THEY COULD GET A TICKET FOR THAT £800 BUT THEY WOULDNT NO POOR THING.
Etymology: traffic + civilisation = Trafficalisation
Ninja
Created by: Girljenta2006
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Hola - Girljenta2006, 2007-07-22: 11:29:00
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Madmaxima
Created by: MisUndrstd
Pronunciation: [Ma-d-Mak-Suh-Muh]
Sentence: My cousin Vinnie in an attempt to run from the cops darted in and out of traffic on the 405 freeway. Many comments were made from other drivers.. some of them were sign language in the form of the one fingered sign. Over the police radio the officer said "In pursuit of a MadMaxima on the 405..."
Etymology: Mad (upset, crazed+ Maxima (model of automobile)= MadMaxima
Vehism
Created by: yamishinyi
Pronunciation: vee-his-em
Sentence: His vehism helped aid in the accident.
Etymology: vehi- vehicle ism- noun
Deloreanofgrandeur
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: de lo ree an of gran dyur
Sentence: "So I say to Julian, I say, ‘I know we don’t have much time, but we aren’t going to travel through it; lay of this DeLorean of grandeur! We’ve been honked at thrice!’” Vincent stroked Amanda’s hair while taking a pause. “He gets this look in his eye that I can’t begin to describe it!”
Etymology: delorean + delusion of grandure.
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COMMENTS:
daaang that was late. sorry reader(s?)! - jadenguy, 2007-07-17: 16:51:00
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Comments:
Osomatic - 2007-07-17: 00:40:00
Wreckspect
Osomatic - 2007-07-17: 00:44:00
Eeek! I wasn't paying attention and I put my word in the wrong place - could you delete it for me, oh Mightiest of Verbotomists?
Osomatic - 2007-07-17: 00:44:00
Er... and the comment asking you to delete it. And, heh, this one too. I think I'm caught up now.
rikboyee - 2007-07-17: 01:00:00
aaahh...a bit of boxlexia i see
Kyoti - 2007-07-17: 11:12:00
La pequeña caja divertida.
MisUndrstd - 2007-07-17: 12:32:00
Yeah what Kyoti said!
Girljenta2006 - 2007-07-22: 11:27:00
Hi