Verboticisms

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: com u doze

Sentence: Eliza was able to comudoze through her daily commute.

Etymology: from commute and doze and comatose.

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Created by: DaWightNight

Pronunciation: neck-row-en-sieff-all-ism

Sentence: Alex experienced Necroencephalism when she drove home and could not remember the drive.

Etymology: Necro meaning dead, encephal meaning brain. Dead brain, meaning you cant remember anything.

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Created by: brittinski94

Pronunciation: som nee mo beel ee ah

Sentence: After foregoing sleep in order to write a DBQ essay, one might find oneself practicing somnimobilia while driving to school.

Etymology: Somni means sleep, mob mean to move, and -ilia makes it sound cool

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: katnapigāt

Sentence: Some mornings are rougher than others. Few hour of sleep, light traffic and mostly straight, boring roads can tempt James to catnapigate his way to work. More than once the rumble strips on the shoulder of the highway have been his friend.

Etymology: catnap (a short, light sleep; a doze) + navigate (travel on a desired course after planning a route)

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Created by: deweyanddoug

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I drove for thirteen hours straight, but my keen skill of Autoobsernavigation kicked in during the tenth hour on the road.

Etymology:

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Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: snoos-kju-ing

Sentence: Every day, as Jane snoozequeued her way to work, she would listen to language-tapes and subconsciously learn a new language every month or two.

Etymology: snooze - button-mashing in the morning queue - a line of people/cars which moves towards a common goal

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Kar-varh-na

Sentence: After 15 years of solid driving experience, Betty had finally reached carvana - the awareness that her car and the traffic are ONE... and everything else is maya, illusion...

Etymology: Car + nirvana. Nirvana: the highest spiritual plane according to Buddhism. (Maya, btw, is the Hare Krishna (Hindu sect) word for illusion.)

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COMMENTS:

Everything else is illusion? Sounds like carvananity... - wordmeister, 2007-03-13: 15:35:00

I thought so too...though that's not why I eventually rejected further exploration... - Discoveria, 2007-03-13: 18:03:00

I'm impressed with your Hindu and Buddist knowledge. like the word too. - erasmus, 2007-03-14: 05:23:00

I like this one! - jedijawa, 2007-03-14: 10:01:00

erasmus - thanks. No-one would suspect that I had to google nirvana for a definition...;D - Discoveria, 2007-03-14: 11:48:00

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Created by: noodles

Pronunciation: sn-ah-ooozah-con-tra-ol

Sentence: I began to snoozecontrol in heavy traffic.

Etymology: sleep under right mind

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COMMENTS:

you are gettting sleepy..... - Nosila, 2011-02-17: 21:32:00

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Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: snooze-con-troll

Sentence: Jill drove to work each day on snoozecontrol, barely aware of having made the trip and having no memory of any part of the 20 minute drive.

Etymology: snooze (half awake or less) + control (like cruise control only while in a semi-snooze)

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COMMENTS:

I like it! Gonna start tomorrow morning! - allwise, 2007-03-13: 05:00:00

Absolutely brilliant. - ErWenn, 2007-03-19: 01:46:00

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: trans/sport/ting

Sentence: Mandy is seen every morning trancesporting her children to school. She's always amazed when she wakes up inthe driveway sans children.

Etymology: trance + transporting

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COMMENTS:

Many Mommies would like this feature in her car...good word - Nosila, 2011-02-17: 21:33:00

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