road rage

English

Etymology

road +‎ rage. First use appears c. 1988 in the Orlando Sentinel.

Noun

road rage (uncountable)

1. (automotive, law, psychology) Uncontrollable aggressive behavior by the driver of a road vehicle, especially when caused by stress or frustration.
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Derived terms

• road rager

Verb

road rage (third-person singular simple present road rages, present participle road raging, simple past and past participle road raged)

1. (informal, transitive, intransitive) To engage in such behavior.

Translations

behavior

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 路怒 (lùnù)

• Finnish: rattiraivo, tieraivo (fi)
• French: rage au volant (fr) f, rage routière f
• German: Wut im Straßenverkehr
• Japanese: ロード・レージ (rōdo rēji)
• Polish: agresja na drodze
• Russian: ха́мство на доро́гах m (xámstvo na dorógax), (aggressive driving) агресси́вное вожде́ние n (agressívnoje voždénije)
• Spanish: violencia vial f
• Tagalog: away-kalsada, away sa daan

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