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DEFINITION: n., A semi-conscious state experienced by early morning commuters on a subway, bus or car. v., To mentally transport oneself in the opposite direction of which you are traveling.
Verboticisms
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Backmind
Created by: tiffanybiggs420
Pronunciation: [bak][mahynd]
Sentence: I used to always backmind home on the way to school because I hated it so much.
Etymology: my brain, 4:20
Subtose
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: sub/tohs
Sentence: Subtose overtakes the passengers as they settle down for the long ride to the city core from suburbia.
Etymology: subway, suburbanite + comatose
Triphypdozis
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: tripp-hipp-doe-ziss
Sentence: Trevor had given up trying to fight his triphypdozis and now saw his morning commute as an opportunity to dream things he probably shouldn't be dreaming in public.
Etymology: Trip, (journey, commute) + hypnosis, (mesmirism, inducing of trance) + doze, (nap, sleep)= triphypdozis. (Hmm sounds like it might be a pharmaceutical. A sleeping tablet probably.) O_o
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COMMENTS:
funny I would buy that pill for the plane - DrWebsterIII, 2012-10-26: 15:20:00
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Tranceportation
Created by: ScrabbledEgg
Pronunciation: trans-per-tay-shuhn
Sentence: Monday morning. Coiffed, clean-shaven, & caffeinated. He looked alert-crisp even- as he took his seat; yet within minutes the familiar cadence of the commuter train put him into a deep state of tranceportation. People and places blurred past his opened yet unfocused eyes. Thoughts wandered through his open yet unfocused mind. As his railcar hurtled forward, dragging him and his fellow captors closer to the monotony awaiting them, he tranceported himself further and further back through his all too quick weekend.
Etymology: trance + transportation
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COMMENTS:
Not exactly the same thing happened to my paternal grandmother's grandfather who in 1842, aged 14 yrs, found himself tranceported to NSW. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-25: 18:16:00
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Comamute
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: coh-mah-myoot
Sentence: comamuting to work was both relaxing and nerve-racking at the same time.
Etymology: coma, commute
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COMMENTS:
Bah! This was the _second_ word I came up with this morning, after "trancit", which joelb beat me to. - ErWenn, 2007-09-25: 09:44:00
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Bustripping
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: bus-trip-ping
Sentence: I guess I was bustripping, because I don't remember the ride to work.
Etymology: bus, tripping
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COMMENTS:
She was a bus tripper, a subway rider yea Took me so long to find out, and I found out - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-25: 12:36:00
Crap. I shoulda done "dazetripper". Dazetripper, dazetripper yea. Oh well, better than Barry White. - purpleartichokes, 2007-09-25: 13:41:00
you're right that is a good word - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-25: 15:12:00
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Traverie
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: TRAV-er-ree
Sentence: The moon was still visible as Bob rideranged, in a transfixed traverie, on the 5.55am express to Melbourne. In his semi-consciousness, he thought that he was an astronaut aboard Apollo 13, exclaiming loudly: "OK, Houston, we've had a problem here " to the amusement of his fellow travellers.
Etymology: Traverie n. Blend of travel & reverie(daydream) Riderange: v. int. Blend of rider & derange (disordered, throw out of order) Pron: ry-DEE-range
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COMMENTS:
very good - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-25: 11:19:00
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Comacommute
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: co-ma-co-MYOO-ta
Sentence: He was a coma, comacommuter, with ipod in his ears and abstracted kind of sneer. He had no idea, he'd gone past central, he just blankly stared ahead, fellow travellers thought him dead.
Etymology: Sung to the tune of Copa Copacabana. You all know what a coma is, and what a commuter is.
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COMMENTS:
Please sing the next line... - petaj, 2010-01-28: 06:10:00
Terrific - although you planted an earworm and I'm going to have it all day. - mrskellyscl, 2010-01-28: 09:05:00
His name was Rico, he worked for Ricoh, but that was four years ago when he used to have a job. Now it's a commute but not for Rico, he just rides around all days in a transitory daze... - Nosila, 2010-01-28: 09:15:00
I thought it was Karma Chameleon by Culture Club - Koekbroer, 2010-01-28: 11:38:00
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Lowbusposition
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: loh/bus/poe/zi/shun
Sentence: Since Chris is very tall and the bus is very low, he assumes the lowbusposition whenever he travels.
Etymology: Lotus position + low + bus
Triptripping
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: tripp tripp ing
Sentence: He triptripped happily all the way home from the dentist He wondered if it was anything to do with the trancy dental medication.
Etymology: trip as in journey, trip as in wow.
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COMMENTS:
trancy dental medication...uncrowned genius! - Nosila, 2011-06-07: 22:48:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James
rikboyee - 2007-09-25: 00:52:00
this is very similar to the car driving one...all the same words apply...like tranceport and tripnosis
Yes it's similar, but I think it would be safer to be lost in a traverie while riding on the bus, than to undergo a complete tripnosis while driving a car on/off the highway. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176 . Thank you MrDave2176 . ~ James