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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.
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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)
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
Sleepatomomney
Created by: acarr23
Pronunciation: Sleep a tomo ney
Sentence: The driver suffers from sleepatomomney.
Etymology:
Pelnonspectosis
Created by: hughjass
Pronunciation: pel non spect osis
Sentence:
Etymology: pel-to drive, non-not , spect-looking, osis-action
Kipvana
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Kip Va Na
Sentence: Ned had become so enraptured in his 5:30 kipvana that he did not hear his name called on the radio and failed to claim the $100,000 prize.
Etymology: Kip= Australian for nap. Vana= A great rock band or the second part of Nir
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COMMENTS:
Kip Kip Hooray for your word! - Nosila, 2009-10-01: 01:32:00
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Driversleepinsolmia
Created by: amicain
Pronunciation: driver-sleep-insolmia
Sentence: When a persons is not able to drive without falling asleep. May cause death upon moving.
Etymology: driver-sleep-insolmia
Carvoyance
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: car-voy-ance
Sentence: Clair used her extra sensory powers of carvoyance to get through the last 15 miles of car avoidance because she had been driving all night and was going into a nod.
Etymology: car + clairvoyance: second-sight, ESP -- to be able to see in a trance like state into the world beyond the perception of the normal senses
Nodopilot
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)
Carthorsemode
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?
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)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes.
Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James