Verboticism: Zimmerlane
DEFINITION: n. A driver who ignores the rules of the road by driving very slowly (i.e. at the legal limit) in the fast lane. v. To strictly observe the "suggested" speed limits, even when using the fast lane.
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Slotorist
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: slōtərist
Sentence: It never fails. The only day that you are behind schedule, you get stuck in back of a slotorist. Through the rear window all you can see is a fedora and a set of wrinkled white knuckles. The brake lights pop on at every curve or dip in the road. Just when you think you\'ll explode, you get a section of the road where you can pass. On you go to make up some time only to get pulled for speeding. The procedure takes a few minutes. Just long enough for you to resume your position behind Methuselah.
Etymology: slow (not quick or fast) + motorist (driver of an automobile)
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COMMENTS:
been there done that - Nosila, 2010-06-11: 11:56:00
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Lackcelerate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lak sel er ayt
Sentence: When Sydney drove his old sports car out and about, he drove very slowly even in the fast lane, behind a big cow. His failure to lackcelerate caused many passersby to give him the finger and hurl abuse at him. Sydney did not care...he was nearly deaf, wore thick glasses due to his myopia and put-putted his way along. One day the local constabulary pulled him over for obstructing the flow of traffic. The officer was confused why Sydney was always following a cow. Sydney pointed out that the cow was towing him because it saved him a fortune on gas!
Etymology: Lack (to be without) & Accelerate (to move faster)
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COMMENTS:
must have been fresian with the top down :) - galwaywegian, 2010-06-11: 03:40:00
But he lived happily heifer after... - Nosila, 2010-06-11: 11:53:00
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Egomotortist
Created by: verbherder
Pronunciation: ee-goh-moh-tawr-tist
Sentence: It was ten minutes to close at the only store in town when my baby's mama held up the last diaper in the house and announced that junior had suddenly developed an explosive case of diarrhea. I would have made it there and back with time to spare if not for an egomotortist in a Prius. When I returned without reinforcements, things went south down south. For the rest of the night I wished that junior could have spent just one minute in that guy's car.
Etymology: egotist + motorist + tortoise (in sound mostly)
Cruisader
Created by: lplybon
Pronunciation: "Kroo-SA-der"
Sentence: Although he adored her, Bart detested having to go grocery shopping with his Aunt Nelly. Aunt Nelly insisted on driving despite being blind in one eye and deaf in one ear. And she was such a cruisader! She consistently drove 10 miles under the speed limit, signaled in the parking lots, and stopped at all "stale green" (her phrase) lights.
Etymology: Combination of the words "cruise," "crusade," and "sadism"
Sloweerty
Created by: balku4
Pronunciation: slow-eer-tee
Sentence: that fat sowerty
Etymology: slow
Slomomotorist
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: slōmōmōtərist
Sentence: It never fails, whenever Jim is in a hurry he falls in behind a slomomotorist. He should have known better this time. As he approached this virtual speed bump he saw all the classic signs, the over-sized sedan of dark bland color, the omnipresent turn signal, the silhouette of a fedora and white knuckles. The only thing that was more annoying was the guy in the next lane who felt it was his job to match the speed of the one in front of him effectively blocking him in.
Etymology: slow-motion (action appears slower than in real life) + motorist (the driver of an automobile)
Lanedarme
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: lān därm'
Sentence: The left-lane bandits were more than Herb could take that day. He was trying to get to his daughter's recital, but they insisted on self-righteouslycreeping along at the posted limit in the far left lane. Then, to Herb's immense satisfaction, and for the first time in recorded history, the Highway Patrol came to the rescue, pulled the lanedarme over and wrote him a citation for obstructing traffic.
Etymology: lane + gendarme
Meanderthal
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: me/an'/der/thol
Sentence: "Hey, meanderthal!!! You're doing 55 miles per hour on the freaking freeway! Find the long pedal on the right and USE IT," Sam shouted at the elderly man in the Dodge Dart. "Meanderthalled again," grumbled Sam.
Etymology: meanderthal - meander (to wander aimlessly) + Neanderthal
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-07: 12:52:00
Excellent - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-07: 20:33:00
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Petroloiter
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: pe-tro-loi-ter
Sentence: People tend to petroloiter on Sundays. This causes weekend commuters no end of frustration!
Etymology: petrol + loiter
Flowpoke
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: flow-poke
Sentence: The flowpoke ignored the stream of enraged drivers behind her and continued to chat with her passenger, driving for several miles in the passing lane with her turn signal blinking oblivious to the horns and salutes from her fellow drivers.
Etymology: Flow: continuity of movement as in a stream + poke: take more time than necessary; dawdle (wordplay on slowpoke)
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COMMENTS:
Would also apply to dimwitted cowboy. Excellent word! - Mustang, 2009-05-26: 06:43:00
Good word and all too many of them, on the road...love the ones who eat, talk on a cell and apply make-up simultaneously as well! - Nosila, 2009-05-26: 16:05:00
Great word.... - mweinmann, 2009-05-27: 09:47:00
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