Verboticisms

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.

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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: 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: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: salm/nam/bus/late

Sentence: Our local bus driver would somnambuslate his way through his route - he was never on time.

Etymology: somnambulate (sleep walk) + bus + late

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COMMENTS:

rancid transit indeed! - Nosila, 2011-02-17: 21:31:00

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: RODE-tri-pee

Sentence: Last night was so roadtrippy! One minute I was in Anaheim, the next I was in Cucamonga.

Etymology: road + trippy

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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: sammrorkeydork

Pronunciation: med a pi let

Sentence: I was driving home in heavy traffic, and I went into a medipiloet sage. I was super duperly relaxed and could drive anywhere anytime!

Etymology: medi - meditation piolet - driver

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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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Created by: letterati

Pronunciation: huh? cart-horse-mode

Sentence: He was so mad, he switched into carthorsemode the rest of the way

Etymology: er, old English farming practice?

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: steer + ess + ta

Sentence: Sometimes on the way home I take a little steeresta - I've taken this drive so much I can literally do it in my sleep.

Etymology: steer + siesta

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