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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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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
Buzzride
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bəzrīd
Sentence: Richard’s doctor told him that he needs to give up coffee. This has changed his morning commute into a buzzride. When he gets to work he gets a jumpstart by spiking his Redbull with 5-Hour Energy. This wakes him up but keeps him from blinking til lunchtime.
Etymology: buzz (the feeling of being mildly intoxicated) + bus ride
Dreammute
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: DREAM-mute
Sentence: David's dreammute in the morning consisted of him traveling on a rocket ship across Technicolor landscapes while his boss was walked like a dog on a leash.
Etymology: Dream + (com)mute
Ampaired
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: am - pared
Sentence: Christine felt totally ampaired this morning. She got on the train, sleepwalked to her seat and fell back asleep.
Etymology: am (A.M.) abbreviation for morning + impaired (not operating in a normal manner).
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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Hypnotrip
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Hip-no-trip
Sentence: Having to commute to work everyday, Sam would often drift into a hypnotrip and dream he was going home to pick up his suitcase to take with him on his luxury holiay in barbados.
Etymology: Hypno(hypnotic-Sleep inducing) + Trip( a journey or excursion) = Hypnotrip
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COMMENTS:
Good one - Mustang, 2008-08-26: 23:59:00
YEAH! I LOVE HYPNOTRIP...wish i'd thought of it. Very snappy sound! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-27: 01:15:00
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Tripnotized
Created by: SethelMerman
Pronunciation: Trip-no-tyz-dh
Sentence: I was tripnotized by the dancers on the subway, and ended up watching them till three stops passed my own.
Etymology: Trip+hypnotized
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COMMENTS:
EXCELLENT!
- DrWebsterIII, 2012-10-26: 23:01:00
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Dumbustruck
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: DUM - BUS - STRUK
Sentence: Dean would always be dumbustrucked whilst commuting to work. Staring out the window falling in love with strange women was a great distraction from being a sad straphanger
Etymology: DUMBSTRUCK (unresponsive, stupefied, speechless) plus a simple "U" alluding to "bus" dumb + bus + struck
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