Verboticism: Impedalment
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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Drivenger
Created by: camel
Pronunciation: Drive-en-ger
Sentence: Gas, break, dip - I can't help but drivenger whenever Tyrone takes me out to ghost ride the whip.
Etymology: Driver, passenger
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.
Pedalpushitis
Created by: widget
Pronunciation: Pedal-push-itus
Sentence: She had a severe case of pedalpushitis as the back of the juggernaut came in to view
Etymology:
Empathengerfeet
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: em-paath-en-jer-feet
Sentence: Realising that Gary had not noticed the red light, Jacob tried to empathengerfeet them to a safe stop.... there were no survivors
Etymology: empathy, passenger seat, feet
Antespazerake
Created by: beverly
Pronunciation: anti spaz er rake
Sentence: She always antispazerakes when we get too close to another car.
Etymology: ante- before,prior to spazerake- a mix of the word spaz and brake
Haltercate
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: hol-ter-kate
Sentence: The driving instructor felt the need to haltercate to avoid a serious accident.
Etymology: From "halt" and "altercate" as such an action will inevitably lead to arguments.
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)
Ghostbraking
Created by: GreatRandew
Pronunciation: Ghost-braking
Sentence: Instinctivly braking when such an action is felt as needed but when there is no brake pedal.
Etymology:
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
