brodie

[ broh-dee ]

noun(sometimes initial capital letter)Slang.

a severe vehicular skid.
a sharp reversal in a vehicle's direction by sudden application of the brakes and wrenching of the steering wheel.

Origin of brodie

After Steve Brodie, who claimed that he jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886

I have been spending a delightful week with the Brodies, and am come home engaged hard and fast to Maria.
Edward Hoare, M.A. | Edward Hoare
Mr. Brodies evidence was conclusive as to the cause of the death of the deceased.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2 | Camden Pelham
Surprising what a quantity was made, due to the Aulds and Brodies helping, who got their share.
The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 | Gordon Sellar
All of these came to Iowa in 1839; and in the fall of that year the Brodies and Leveriches settled two miles northwest of town.
History of Linn County Iowa | Luther A. Brewer
“We Brodies and our Deacon”: what a pride she takes in it, and how good it sounds to me!
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV | Robert Louis Stevenson

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