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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--leadfoot This week's theme: words for body parts used figuratively. leadfoot (LED-foot) noun One who drives an automobile too fast, especially as a habit. [From the suggestion that one has feet made of lead, a heavy metal, that keeps the accelerator of the vehicle pressed down.] -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "The Audi leadfoot was one of nearly 1,000 motorists charged with speeding, mostly on Highway 400, by Toronto-area OPP this weekend." Bob Mitchell; Road Blitzes Nab 3,000 Motorists; The Toronto Star (Canada); Sep 4, 2001. X-Bonus A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil, that good may come of it. -William Penn, Quaker, founder of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)

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