Verboticism: Proxypedal
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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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)
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
Brakear
Created by: xshadowswimmer08x
Pronunciation: break-ear
Sentence: i saw her brakearing while i was driving.
Etymology: break/fear
Brakejunkie
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: brake-junk-ee
Sentence: Chris was such a brakejunkie that he couldn't sit still while riding with anybody unless he was the driver.
Etymology: brake + junkie
Adbrakewafy
Created by: FeelTheMcGrath
Pronunciation: Ad-brayck-wah-fi
Sentence: As Jebediah and Miley stepped into the car, Miley felt uneasy. She had heard previously from her neighbors that Jebediah was a reckless driver, even when he wasn't on his yeast infection medication. As he put his foot on the gas and started to drive, Miley immediately adbrakewafied.
Etymology: Ad- To brake- break suddenly wafy- while saying, "Wa!"
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Vote - ColeyPTrain, 2013-09-12: 14:45:00
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Slownrider
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: sloane-righ-duh
Sentence: Bernadette was the (self-appointed) car safety officer. Whenever the driver approached a 'hazard' (another car, for example), Bernadette would slam her foot onto the floor and beseech him to slow down.
Etymology: slow + 'lone rider'
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
Passengeritis
Created by: fonka99
Pronunciation: Pass-en-ger-itis
Sentence: Being of a naturally nervous nature, Maureen suffered from extreme passengeritis whenever she wasn't behind the wheel.
Etymology: From passenger and the suffix "itis"
