Verboticism: Abscared
DEFINITION: v. To instinctively slam your foot on "the brakes" even though you're just a passenger. Often occurs when the actual driver fails to brake appropriately. n. A sudden jerk of the leg.
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Misdrive
Created by: Flixst
Pronunciation: mɪs'draiv
Sentence: When I'm sleeping in a car, I'm alway misdriving.
Etymology: mis(wrongly) + drive
Genustretch
Created by: dimercurio
Pronunciation: jen-yoo-stretch
Sentence: Saw that genustretch there. Does my driving scare you that much?
Etymology: Genu (Latin for knee) + stretch, based off of "genuflect" (Latin "to bend the knee", a word used to describe kneeling in a church)
Bootflex
Created by: Drock
Pronunciation: BOOT-fleks
Sentence: As her friend skidded past the stop sign, she crammed her eyes closed and made a bootflex.
Etymology: Bootless - without result, futile. Reflex - an involuntary action.
Slasm
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /'sla-z&m/
Sentence: Every time Erik pulled into traffic, Jeff would slasm his foot down on the floor and scream "The brakes don't work on my side!"
Etymology: From slam + spasm
Pedapriorsist
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: ped a pri or sist
Sentence: angie was the worst pedapriorsist I knew. I never let her sit in the front of the car.
Etymology: from pedal pressing and being prior of an event, and wanting to assist with driving.
Autopedite
Created by: Hjason
Pronunciation: Auto-ped-ite
Sentence: It is so annoying when I am driving my friend around and they sit there autopediting as if I was not a capable driver.
Etymology: Automatic(as in instinctual)+pedal+expidite
Benefictious
Created by: specks28
Pronunciation: Ben-eh-fick-tus
Sentence: Polly was benefictious when I drove her to the zoo. She thanked me over and over again.
Etymology: Bene-good Fictious- real
Drivinstructify
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: Dryv-in-struck-tih-fy
Sentence: My mom always drivinstructifies when I drive; I guess I don't break fast enough for her.
Etymology: Driving instructors have that second break pedal on their side, and people who do this tend to think they have one too (when they don't) and it's a good thing they don't have one!
Brakescious
Created by: hairydoginparis
Pronunciation: brayk-shus
Sentence: My mother is a bad driver and I am often brakescious in the car with her.
Etymology: brake-to stop unconscious-to be unaware
