Verboticism: Whiteknuckling

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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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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

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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

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Cairotaxiride

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: Cairo-taxi-ride

Sentence: With heart pounding the passenger cairotaxirode in a reflex, futile attempt to prevent a collision with a camel in downtown Cairo.

Etymology: Cairo (personal experience of this definition occurred in this city) + taxi (drivers of which, have no fear in Cairo) + ride (being taken for one)

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Pedapriorsist

erasmus

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.

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Skardtudeath

Created by: Chistinalove

Pronunciation: scared to death

Sentence: I was so skardtudeath when he almost slammed into the mercedes in front of us.

Etymology: scared to death

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Brakesist

Created by: FionaMin

Pronunciation: BRAYK-sist

Sentence: When the she saw the fast-approaching red light, Tammy felt the need to brakesist.

Etymology: brake + assist

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Antebackdriving

Created by: alyssawren

Pronunciation: an-tee-back-driving

Sentence: Lucy was antebackdriving because the driver wasn't breaking or driving very well. She was breaking before the driver was.

Etymology: ante: before back: back seat driving:driving better than the driver

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Twocaptaincar

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: 2captaincar

Sentence: there is always trouble in a twocaptaincar !

Etymology: its from the sailingworld in witch there are no captains on a ship.

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Spazenger

Created by: thedugster

Pronunciation: Spaz - enger

Sentence: My passenger needs medication, they are such a spazenger!

Etymology: Passengers who demonstrate irrational responses to required driving maneuvers.

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Phantasmabrakeage

Created by: adobrodt

Pronunciation: fan-TAS-ma-BRAKE-ij

Sentence: Bob suffered from an incurable phantasmabrakeage syndrome, causing most of his friends to insist on him driving everywhere.

Etymology: From phantasm (imaginary) and brakeage (the action of a brake)

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