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'Don't worry. I'm not asleep. I'm meditating.'

DEFINITION: n. A state of heightened, subconscious awareness that allows drivers to "safely" navigate and control a vehicle without watching the road. v. To drive without bothering to watch where you are going.

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Somnimobilia

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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Fordsiesta

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: fOrd-sEE-esta

Sentence: Jill drives a Ford Fiesta that she named her Fordsiesta. It seems she gets her best naps while driving it.

Etymology: ford fiesta/siesta

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COMMENTS:

I wonder if it's because of the drozing sound the wheels make? - sunny09, 2007-03-14: 00:03:00

oohh this one is very good. - erasmus, 2007-03-14: 12:15:00

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Hypertranssomnia

Created by: Railrod

Pronunciation: Hyper- Trans- Somnia

Sentence: F.J. experienced hypertranssomnia while driving to his grandmother's house that he had been to thousands of times.

Etymology: hyper, above + trans, across + somnia, sleep

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Irgarismreflex

Created by: DGRosetti

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Automobilinsomiaphobe

Created by: larebaltaf4

Pronunciation: auto - mobil - insomia - phobe

Sentence: i am automobilinsomniaphobing.

Etymology: auto (self) mobil (transporting) imsomnia (inablity to sleep)

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Stradar

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: strādär

Sentence: Jim gets up WAY too early in the morning to get to work. While driving down the highway there are stretches where the road is boringly familiar and music on the radio is sort of relaxing (less head banging than usual). He may start to nod off. That little voice in his head says **The road is straight. There is almost no traffic. Go ahead, close your eyes for just a second**. This is when he relies on stradar, that internal sense that the movement has shifted from linear to lateral. If it is severe, it will startle him enough to put a shot of adrenalin into his bloodstream and complete the trip with his head upright. If not, he will open all the windows, crank up the radio and sing along to to some song he may not even like all that much at the top of his lungs. Jim*s friends worry.

Etymology: stray (move without a specific purpose or by mistake) + radar (a system for detecting the presence, direction, distance, and speed of aircraft, ships, and other objects, by sending out pulses of high-frequency electromagnetic waves that are reflected off the object back to the source)

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Catnapigate

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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