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DEFINITION: v., To slowly inch your vehicle forward at a red traffic light hoping that you can make it change faster. n., A driver who allows their vehicle to creep into the middle of an intersection while waiting for a red light.
Verboticisms
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Incremotorist
Created by: IllmaticKD
Pronunciation: Ink'ra'mote'ur'ist
Sentence: Clearly suffering from trauma to the head of various degrees several drivers on todays roads fall victem to incremotorism. Apparently making crosswalks safe for children is not on the agenda of this dirty rotten incremotorist.
Etymology: noun; Derived from two words. Increment and motorist. Also see: incremotorism.
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COMMENTS:
LOL I like it! - Korinne, 2007-12-06: 08:43:00
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Gashopper
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: gas/hop/pur
Sentence: Do you hear the gashopper that is at your feet? (blatant Kung Fu reference)
Etymology: gas + hop + grasshopper
Slowrider
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: slōrīdər
Sentence: Linda has the patience of a gnat. Red lights drive her crazy. When she gets caught at one she becomes a slowrider, creeping ahead until she is almost halfway into the intersection. Fellow motorists think she is just a creep.
Etymology: slow (moving or operating, or designed to do so, only at a low speed) lowrider (a customized vehicle with hydraulic jacks that allow the chassis to be lowered nearly to the road)
Inchicle
Created by: LotusB
Pronunciation: INCH-icle
Sentence:
Etymology: Inch (inch forward/creep) + Vehicle = Inchicle
Draglighting
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: drag lite ing
Sentence: Days after buying his minivan, Tom finally realized that he could no longer draglight without feeling a lasting sense of shame and self loathing.
Etymology: drag racing + light
Redging
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: red jing
Sentence: Her attempt at redging through the instersection was soon stopped by the big bus whowas running the amber light.
Etymology:
Redvancer
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: red van ser
Sentence: Despite learning the opposite in driving school, when Polly graduated and started driving, she developed bad habits. Her latest was to become a Redvancer...someone who tries to make the red light faster by inching forward. On this day she inadvertantly did her Redvancer trick in front of a patrol car. Was she ever amazed to be ticketed for coming to a rolling stop and failing to yield to a stop sign. Polly paid $250 to learn her lesson and withdraw from the Redvancer Club.
Etymology: Red (stoplight colour) & Advancer (someone who is moving forward toward a goal)
Redroller
Created by: ReputedTart
Pronunciation: red-ro-ler
Sentence: Redroller, redroller, let me send my car on over.
Etymology: Red + roller, as in the game "Red Rover"
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COMMENTS:
i love this one!! - libertybelle, 2007-12-06: 08:53:00
Agreed. Very clever, RT. - Tigger, 2007-12-06: 11:46:00
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Litehog
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation: lite+hog
Sentence: Mortisha is a litehog.She creaps up in traffic to get in on the lite change.
Etymology:
Inchcarrigible
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: inch/car/ih/jibble
Sentence: Sally was an inchcarrigible driver who couldn't resist the thrill of accelerating. Whenever possible she drove barefoot.
Etymology: incorrigible (hopeless, incurable)+ inch + car
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COMMENTS:
Very clever!! - Mustang, 2008-10-30: 06:37:00
Driving barefoot is illegal in New Jersey. Another reason to move elsewhere. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:43:00
Mustang Sally rocks! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:52:00
If you are barefoot, I think you can actually feel the light change too! - mweinmann, 2008-10-30: 14:03:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Tigger and libertybelle. Thank you Tigger and libertybelle. ~ James
Tigger - 2007-12-06: 00:32:00
Actually, libertybelle should get sole credit. I should've read through the recent definitions before submitting mine.
i still say great minds think alike... though some say filthy minds think alike, as well... hmmm...
silveryaspen - 2007-12-06: 19:11:00
flows smoothly ... readily understood ... nice interplay of words.
silveryaspen - 2007-12-06: 19:14:00
like the first 2 syllable rhyme ... the word rolls off the tongue. The meaning is straightforward and implicit.
Today's definition was suggested by libertybelle. Thank you libertybelle. ~ James