Verboticism: Spazenger
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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Abdebreak
Created by: rfrey121
Pronunciation: ab-de-break
Sentence: As the car sped out of contol and the driver did not break, the passenger became an abdebreak out of all of her fear.
Etymology: ab-from, away de- off break- stop
Autonecrophobia
Created by: omista
Pronunciation: aw-to-nec-RO-FO-BE-uh
Sentence: Jims autonecrophobia was so overwhelming that he found it hard to let anyone else drive.
Etymology: auto- self/car; necro- death; phobia- fear of
Abstastic
Created by: Littell16
Pronunciation: abs-tas-tic
Sentence: Allsion made abstatic actions when she lost multi-word pop to Lauren.
Etymology: abs-from,away,down;tastic-amazing
Phantomfooting
Created by: walkingdistraction
Pronunciation: fan-tom-foot-ing
Sentence: The drivers ed instructor was getting muscle cramps due to his constant phantomfooting.
Etymology: phantom+footing
Whiteknuckling
Created by: Fenners
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Brake dammit! I'm whiteknuckling here!
Etymology:
Brakedancing
Created by: johnnyrockett
Pronunciation: Br-a-ke-dans-ing
Sentence: As we slid through the stop sign, I instinctively breakdanced on the passenger side floor.
Etymology: Oh come on...breakdancing?
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COMMENTS:
how does this have 62 points? where did they all come from? - Javeson1, 2006-12-29: 00:44:00
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Programic
Created by: kanagramic
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: programing + Graphic Design = programic
Stitchbraking
Created by: Manhattan
Pronunciation: Stitch-braek-ing
Sentence: He was clearly getting impatient and her stitchbreaking only sent him over the edge.
Etymology: From the word stitch and the work brake.
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!
Shotgunxiety
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: shot/guhn/zahy/i/tee
Sentence: She could only be in the front seat when she was driving, or shotgunxiety caused her to constantly stomp her brake foot.
Etymology: shotgun + anxiety