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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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Ninja
Created by: Girljenta2006
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COMMENTS:
Hola - Girljenta2006, 2007-07-22: 11:29:00
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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.
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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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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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
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)
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
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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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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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