Verboticism: Autobrakitis
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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Impedalment
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: im-ped-ul-ment
Sentence: Sue hated riding in stop-and-go traffic when Bob was driving, as her impedalment would leave her leg aching by the journey's end.
Etymology: impediment, pedal
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.
Brevator
Created by: gbegun
Pronunciation: BREV-aye-TOR
Sentence: Because of Suzi's brevator like personality, she believes everything should be stopped prematurely.
Etymology: Brev-Short Ator-person
Brevitensing
Created by: DeanHildner
Pronunciation: Brev-eh-ten-sing
Sentence: Everytime Jamamoth is driving and comes close to crashing Wanda always finds herself brevitensing, wishing there was a break under her foot.
Etymology: Brev- short ehtensing- tensing
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
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
Abscared
Created by: meganhardy
Pronunciation: ab-scared
Sentence: My foot abscared when Allison almost hit a tree while she was driving me to school this morning.
Etymology: ab- from scared- beleiving that your life is in great danger.
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"
Contracardiactist
Created by: meganfis
Pronunciation: Contra-cardiac-tist
Sentence: The driving instructor was on the edge of her seat, and was being a contracardiactist.
Etymology: contra- against, cardiac-heart,
Stompathy
Created by: cannibalgymnastics
Pronunciation: stom- path - ee
Sentence: She didn't see the cyclist in time, but I still slammed my foot down in stompathy
Etymology: