Wheelchair vocabulary

[cjsmith]

I need vocabulary!

The person not in a wheelchair "walks"; the person in a wheelchair ___________ (rides, wheels, rolls, ???).
A person in a wheelchair is a ______________ (wheelchair user, ???).
A short word for a wheelchair is ______________ (???).
The act of controlling and steering a wheelchair is called ________________ (driving, steering, wheeling, ???).

I'm half tempted to say "wheelie" for just about all of these. I wheelie, you wheelie, he/she/it wheelies. (Or maybe just I wheel, etc.) I am a wheelie, I got my wheelie out of the car, I'm wheelie-ing (wheeliing? why not, "skiing" gets away with the double i). Tempting as it is, however, I couldn't possibly, you see. It would be silly.

Comments

[fuzzygruf.livejournal.com]

1. The person in a wheelchair...
...is coming right at you! Move!

2. A person in a wheelchair is a...
...bout to run you over!

3. A short word for wheelchair is..
..."chair." But who wants short? "Chariot of Love" sounds about right.

4. The act of controlling and steering a wheelchair is called...
...aiming.

Bloody brilliant!

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!

i fully expect Ceej to have this thing decked out with retractable wings, control console, unique "aircraft" number stencilled on the side/back (call number?) along with other aircraft-related modifications.

Re: Bloody brilliant!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I never thought of decorating it. I got it for free, I don't (yet?) NEED it... but hey. Yeah, I could paint it purple and put an aircraft "tail number" on it. And a G-meter. I even HAVE a G-meter. :-)

Re: Bloody brilliant!

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

well, if you HAVE the G-meter, then i think you HAFTA!

might i recommend colored tissue paper and mod podge for the aluminum parts?

and a horn or other "get outta my freaking way!" attention-getter.

[queensheba.livejournal.com]

That was cute!