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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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Snoozequeuing
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
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.
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)
Autopilotelepathy
Created by: Sketchy
Pronunciation: auto-pilo-te-lep-a-thy
Sentence: I've been using Autopilotelepathy to get around these days. It's much easier then having to actually drive with your eyes open.
Etymology: Auto (automatic) Pilot (person controlling the vehicle); Telepathy- Communication through means other than the senses, as by the exercise of an occult power. **In this case the ability to see whats happening on the road with eyes closed.
Snortopilot
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: snore-toe-pie-lut
Sentence: she found herself constantly brakedancing while her dad was driving on snortopilot
Etymology: snore, autopilot
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COMMENTS:
thats quite a funny word. - erasmus, 2007-03-13: 06:36:00
the descriptive use is just as funny. (I have good visualisation skills.) - sunny09, 2007-03-13: 23:17:00
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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)
Quasidriving
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: kwaz/i/driving
Sentence: Dude! I was quasidriving all the way home. I have no idea how I got here, but somehow I did! That is so cool, I hope I didn't run over somebody.
Etymology: Quasi- resembling in some degree. Driving - doh.
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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Pelagnosanspect
Created by: jrlion2016
Pronunciation: pell-egg-noss-an-spekt
Sentence: Mary was tired and decided to not pay enough attention to the road while she was driving. She went into her pelagnostanspectic state so she could continue driving home without have any memory of her drive home.
Etymology: pel-to drive; a-without; gnos-knowledge; an-without; spect-seeing
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes.
Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James