Verboticisms

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: 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: Paige

Pronunciation: ante crash som ni a

Sentence: While Shannon was driving down the windy road late last night she was slowly drifting into antecrashsomnia.

Etymology: ante: before crash: crash somn: sleep ia:

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love - sammrorkeydork, 2011-02-17: 11:31:00

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Created by: hughjass

Pronunciation: pel non spect osis

Sentence:

Etymology: pel-to drive, non-not , spect-looking, osis-action

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: nod o pyle it

Sentence: It's no wonder Dora's long daily commute lended itself to her being able to drift into nodopilot mode. She left her home in Sleepy Hollow, drove past the Yawnkers turnoff, under the Boredwalk, past Lake Weary, close to Fort Fatigue, under the Spentsylvania overpass, through the town of Tuckerdout, past Conkorde-Jetlag Airport, over the Siesta Bridge and into the city of St. Pall where she worked as an accountant in the Restminster Abbey Nursing Home. Then eight long hours later, she would turn around and reverse her journey, while listening to Perry Como cd's in her car.

Etymology: Nod (to let the head fall forward through drowsiness;be almost asleep) & Autopilot (a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness;a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course)

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Created by: victy

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology: navi-navigation... safo-safety....cle-vehicle

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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

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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: username

Pronunciation: sôk-rāt-ĭk-hĭp-nōs-ätō-pûr-ā-shən

Sentence: When Paige is on a long straight road and did not get enough sleep, she uses socratichypnosautoperation believing that she will remain safe.

Etymology: socratic- derived from the Greek philosopher Socrates meaning "having safe might" Hypnos- the Greek root hypnos means "sleep" auto- shortened/derived from automobile meaning "automobile" operation- to operate

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: in the zoom

Sentence: It always freaks me when I see other drivers operating their vehicles inthezoom.

Etymology: "in the zone" (being totally focussed on an activity) + zzzz (cartoon language for sleeping) + zoom (move fast, typically when driving a car)

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