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26. grippage (grĭp'ĭj)
- a. (n.) The measure of an object's grip.
27. gription (grĭp'shən)
- a. (n.) Having the quality of grippage; an amount of grip.
Example: Tires have gription instead of traction when they are getting a little bald. - b. (n.) The amount of traction or gripping force a material has against a surface or object with an adequate coefficient of friction.
28. ignisecond (ĭg-nĭ'sĕk'ənd)
- a. (n.) The overlapping moment of time when the hand is locking the car door even as the brain is saying, "my keys are in there!"
29. ignorimagrant (ĭg'nər-ĭm'ĭ-grənt)
- a. (adj.) A foreigner who doesn't know how to drive according to the local laws; a really bad driver.
30. lostivity (lôstĭv'ĭ-tē)
- a. (n.) State of being lost.
31. lowjack (lō'jăk')
- a. (v.) To steal someone's slow means of transportation.
Example: "Hundreds of rollerblades, scooters, skateboards, and pogo sticks were lowjacked this weekend in a high-profile heist."
32. magniphobia (măg'nə-fō'bē-ə)
- a. (n.) The fear of magnification and anything related to magnifying.
- b. (n.) mag'nə-fō'bi-ə. The fear that the object in the side mirror is much much closer than it appears.
33. Masshole (măs-hōl')
- a. (n.) The nut who goes 90 mph all the time, cuts others off any chance he gets, and travels a foot behind another's bumper even when he has the opportunity to pass.
- b. (n.) Any motorist from Massachusetts.
34. masshole (măs-hōl)
- a. (n.) A gigantic butt orifice. Possibly large enough to smuggle large amounts of drugs or refugees into foreign countries.
35. methylphobia (mĕth'əl-fō'bē-ə)
- a. (n.) The fear one gets of whether or not they will having to pay for the few cents that they over-pumped at the self-service station.
36. mopeep (mō-pēp)
- a. (n.) One compelled to look through the curtain opening of another's motel room as one passes by.
37. mophenes (mō-fēnz)
- a. (n.pl.) The semi-truck headlights that invade one's motel room between the hours of three and five in the morning.
38. motate (mō'tāt)
- a. (v.) To leave.
Example: "Let's motate."
39. motodrift (mō'tō-drĭft)
- a. (n.) The mistaken belief at a stoplight that ones car is moving backward when, actually, the car beside them is moving forward.
40. nurge (nûrj)
- a. (v.) To inch closer to a stoplight thinking that will cause it to change quicker.
41. parkma (pärk-mə)
- a. (n.) The uncanny luck of someone to be able to find a good parking spot everywhere they go.
42. passhole (păs'hōl')
- a. (n.) The person who has been driving slowly for miles but speeds up the minute one tries to get ahead of him.
- b. (n.) The idiot who drives too slow in the fast lane.
43. pediddel (pə-dĭd'l)
- a. (n.) A car with a burned out headlight.
44. pedlock (pĕd'lŏk')
- a. (n.) The condition of a bicycle pedal wedging itself against one's leg.
- b. (n.) The condition when a shoelace winds up on a bicycle pedal causing oneself to fall off.
- c. (n.) The condition of a bicycle pedal wedging itself against the kickstand.
45. pervend (pûr-vĕnd)
- a. (v.) To arrive (at); especially in reference to peddling.
46. petrophobia (pĕt'rə-fō'bē-ə)
- a. (n.) The fear that one will have to pay for the single cent over-pumped at the self-service station.
47. preambulance (prē-ăm'byə-ləns)
- a. (n.) A vehicle equipped for helping those with writer's block.
48. rampriot (rămp-rī'ət)
- a. (n.) Free-for-all that erupts as soon the flight attendant utters the phrase, "please remain in your seats until the plane has come to a complete stop."
49. riceburner (rīs-bûrn'ər)
- a. (n.) Cars that are made to appear fast but are actually slow. Often describing small foreign cars that people have spruced up in an effort to be laughed at by everyone they pass on the main streets of cities.
- b. (n.) A vehicle, often a motorcycle, manufactured in Asia. These vehicles are often misrepresented as inferior or underpowered, but in reality often have great performance and quality — especially motorcycles. Not always the case in sedans, as many owners don't actually know how to boost their horsepower.
50. rubbage (rŭb'ĭj)
- a. (n.) Large pieces of truck tire found on the side of the road.
- b. (n.) An act of vigorously rubbing a dog's belly while speaking to the dog in baby-talk.
51. Samolian (săm-ō'lē-ən)
- a. (adj.) An inhabitant of, or relation to a country attributed to monarch, or possible deity, Sam. This country is most widely known as Samolia -- not to be mistaken for Somalia, a country in the far-eastern regions of Africa, on the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. It is yet unknown where the location of this country lies.
