Verboticism: Deadfast

'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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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.

Points: 563

Comments: Deadfast

Wiserhinoceros - 2007-07-17: 11:50:00
nice intuitive word. Minor objection to it not being a verb but a good idea.

jesster - 2007-07-17: 13:15:00
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.

Kyoti - 2007-07-17: 15:24:00
I would think the definition implies verb-like action in this case, but a well-placed object works for me too.

galwaywegian - 2007-07-18: 03:57:00
would you like to rephrase that Kyoti?