Verboticism: Litehog
DEFINITION: v., To slowly inch your vehicle forward at a red traffic light hoping that you can make it change faster. n., A driver who allows their vehicle to creep into the middle of an intersection while waiting for a red light.
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Greengo
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: gree ng go
Sentence: The greengo he try the dodge city shuffle one time too many. He meet a beer lorry on a mission at a major intersection, asquashed him like a tortilla!
Etymology: gringo, green go.
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COMMENTS:
veree funnee - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-06: 12:44:00
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Lightfrogging
Created by: CEE1ESS
Pronunciation: Lite-frog-ing
Sentence: She was always lightfrogging the red signal, trying to gain some time in the morning.
Etymology: from light and leapfrog
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COMMENTS:
Very descriptive, and creative! Nice one. - Tigger, 2007-12-06: 11:48:00
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Redging
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: red jing
Sentence: Her attempt at redging through the instersection was soon stopped by the big bus whowas running the amber light.
Etymology:
Creapred
Created by: bzma0501
Pronunciation: kri-prEd
Sentence: The creapred girl kept rolling on through the intersection.
Etymology: from English, "creap" + "red"
Zencroacher
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: zen - crow - chur
Sentence: Like a true Zencroacher, he felt the power of his mind and the gradual easing forward of his car would cause the light to change
Etymology: zen + encroach
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-06: 12:22:00
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Incremotorist
Created by: IllmaticKD
Pronunciation: Ink'ra'mote'ur'ist
Sentence: Clearly suffering from trauma to the head of various degrees several drivers on todays roads fall victem to incremotorism. Apparently making crosswalks safe for children is not on the agenda of this dirty rotten incremotorist.
Etymology: noun; Derived from two words. Increment and motorist. Also see: incremotorism.
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COMMENTS:
LOL I like it! - Korinne, 2007-12-06: 08:43:00
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Carincher
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: carincher: kar-in-cher
Sentence: The karincher in front of me at the red light got clipped by a car zipping through the intersection.
Etymology: Carincher ... car for car and incher for moving forward inch by inch.
Waitingvroom
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Way-ting-v-roo-m
Sentence: Bill was a very impatient driver so every time he came across a red traffic signal he always chose to use the waitingvroom system, by revving the car engine and then slowly inching forward so that he was ready to pull away as soon as possible.
Etymology: Waiting(be delayed, to wait for a particular event to happen) + Vroom(the sound of a car engine when revving up) = Waitingvroom
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COMMENTS:
Vroomderbar word! - Nosila, 2008-10-31: 01:59:00
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Sneakcelerate
Created by: LoftyDreamer
Pronunciation: sneek-sell'-er-ate
Sentence: Congolia, desperate to meet her blind date, began to sneakcelerate when the traffic light seemed to be stuck on red.
Etymology: From "sneak" (to creep up stealthily) + part of "accelerate" (to hasten the progress of)
Inchcarrigible
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: inch/car/ih/jibble
Sentence: She was an inchcarrigible driver who couldn't resist the thrill of accelerating. Whenever possible she drove barefoot.
Etymology: inch + car + incorrigible (hopeless, incurable)
