Los Angeles - May 03, 2006

Win, Lose, or Drive

Lexicon XIX

Get your motor running. Head out on the highway. Forget the crappuccino, ditch your nontourage, and go looking for adventure in DailyCandy’s latest lexicon. This one’s all about the road.

air of designation
n. The pained/bored/sad look a designated driver always has on his/her face.

carpartment
n. An automobile with a secondary use as a closet/medicine cabinet/entertainment system/library.

collateral
n. A person you end up driving around all night with whom you didn’t even want to hang out in the first place. “I’d love to join you, but I don’t think my collateral is on the list.”

keymensia
n. The inevitable condition of forever forgetting where your car keys are.

mergerer
n. A driver who accelerates only to prevent you from mergering into his or her lane. “That mergerer is killing my chances of getting off at the next exit.”

palet
n. A valet who takes especially good care of your car. “Aw, you parked it right in front. What a palet.”

ped X-ing
v. Treating those who walk like they are second-class citizens.

priustoric
adj. From a time long ago, before hybrids.

rainxiety
n. Stress associated with driving in even the lightest drizzle. (“Dude, get over your rainxiety already. It’s not like it’s snowing.”)

For more fun with driving words, check out today’s Atlanta edition.