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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.
Verboticisms
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Trancesporting
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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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
Presmashination
Created by: bettyann9
Pronunciation: pree-smash-i-nayh-shun
Sentence: The B-52's lulled me into a gentle state of presmashination shortly before I crashed into the rear end of the semi.
Etymology: pre=before + smash=crash + nation=suffix denoting a mental state.
Trancenigate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: TRANS-neh-gayt
Sentence: Even while in a meditative state, Hector always manages to safely trancenigate the highways and byways, to the complete astonishment of those who know him well and have ridden with him.
Etymology: Blend of 'trance' and 'navigate'
Carvana
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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Zenpilot
Created by: chercherlalun
Pronunciation: zen pi lot
Sentence: Mary was a zenpilot. She had become one with the steering wheel
Etymology:
Psycon
Created by: deannewby
Pronunciation: s-eye-con
Sentence: My psycon took over, and I was soon home without even realising it
Etymology: Psy, from Psychic indicating a mental/subsconcious ability. Con, from Control, as in being in control of something.
Necroencephalism
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.
Pelnonspectosis
Created by: hughjass
Pronunciation: pel non spect osis
Sentence:
Etymology: pel-to drive, non-not , spect-looking, osis-action
Medidrive
Created by: EffingCharms
Pronunciation: Med-i- drive
Sentence: When she Medidrives, she makes less comments about how the other drivers are, well... driving.
Etymology: Medi is from meditate, meaning to meditate, be in a completely relaxed state.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes.
Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James