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Broad classification for travel & transport.
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The hyper-aggressive driving style favored by angry men in German saloons who wish to occupy the boot of your Nissan Micra.
Read full entry →The minimum viable effort of gratitude shown to a driver, performed while staring steadfastly ahead.
Read full entry →The subconscious, competitive shuffling of commuters trying to secure the exact spot where the doors will open.
Read full entry →A rising, helpless physical panic induced by watching the clock tick past 8:55 AM while trapped on public transport.
Read full entry →The erratic, dangerous swerving required to navigate the lunar landscape of a typical British B-road.
Read full entry →The panic-stricken pat-down of your own clothing while a queue of angry commuters sighs behind you.
Read full entry →An unnecessary salute given to a driver stopping at a zebra crossing, driven by a deep-seated fear of seeming rude.
Read full entry →A hostile territorial maneuver designed to deter commuters from sitting near you on a crowded train.
Read full entry →A legally binding vocal requirement to thank a public transport operator, regardless of how terrifying the journey was.
Read full entry →The oblivious, infuriating habit of cruising permanently in the center of the motorway, forcing everyone to overtake you.
Read full entry →The agonizing, tear-inducing suppression of a throat tickle on a silent train, to avoid the judgement of fifty commuters.
Read full entry →The arrogant refusal to hold onto a pole while standing on moving public transport, resulting in inevitable stumbling.
Read full entry →A claustrophobic, humid descent into hell experienced twice a day by city workers trapped in an unventilated metal tube.
Read full entry →The hypocritical, profit-driven co-opting of social justice movements by soulless brands to distract from their own horrifying ethics.
Read full entry →A digital invoice that destroys a friendship, driven by a psychopathic level of penny-pinching and an inability to let things go.
Read full entry →A financial penalty incurred not through malice, but through sheer, arrogant stupidity and the belief that rules don't apply to you.
Read full entry →The agonizing experience of being trapped behind a group of tourists or slow pedestrians who drift side-to-side, blocking all passing routes.
Read full entry →An anti-social menace who forces a captive audience on a bus or train to listen to their terrible music, video calls, or scrolling algorithms.
Read full entry →The risky conversational gamble of consenting to an unknown statement based purely on the speaker's tone of voice.
Read full entry →The paranoia that your podcast or music is secretly blasting out of your phone's main speaker on a quiet train.
Read full entry →Slowing down from a frantic sprint into a casual stroll immediately after the bus doors close in your face.
Read full entry →The jarring return to normal physics when leaving a moving walkway.
Read full entry →The instinct to softly stroke the steering wheel after driving over a massive crater.
Read full entry →The inability to correctly orient a simple rectangular plug on the first or second attempt.
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