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Stoptional 

v. To fail to make a complete stop at a red light or stop sign, especially when turning.

Incorrectly recorded as a California Roll or California Stop.
To save gas and time I do not come to a complete stop at intersections, I treat them as stoptional and roll through at a low speed.
Stoptional by The Urna Lenny April 7, 2009
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stoptional 

"St-op-shun-ul"

a. Upon arriving at a stop sign, it is an optional decision to come to a complete stop or not.

b. Decision to stop or not

c. Rolling stop
"That last stopsign was a stoptional"
stoptional by stephieeeeeeeeee April 15, 2009

Stoptional 

A stop sign that is seldom used and poorly enforced.
I never stop here, it is stoptional.
Stoptional by Jeffrey Poolman August 20, 2008

Stoptional 

When going through a stop sign, and not stopping. Running stop signs, like running through red lights.
It was stoptional. He thinks all stop signs are stoptional.
Stoptional by vlevah August 20, 2011

Stoptional 

Stop signs in crazy places that aren’t really necessary. So you consider stopping at them as optional.
At the corner of my road is a stop sign that is stoptional because there is rarely any traffic.
Stoptional by Karen68 September 8, 2021

Stoptional 

what most people think about stop signs and stop lights. Approaching a stop sign and rolling without barely stopping or not at all continuing through the intersection as if no one is looking; as if it’s a right to choose with to stop or simply continue through without consequence.
The stop sign in front of my house is Stoptional; might as well have no sign there at all.
Stoptional by Sambiase September 22, 2025