Verboticism: Stopprehension

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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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Stopprehension

Created by: kryptik

Pronunciation: staw-pre-hen-shun

Sentence: Everyone Kate drives with suffers from acute stopprehension, which increases with every red light she misses.

Etymology: From the words 'stop' and 'apprehension'

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