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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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Nonsomniautometa
Created by: 758111
Pronunciation: non-somni-auto-meta
Sentence: when I was driving home I went into nonsomniautometa because the traffic horrible.
Etymology: non (not) Somni (sleep) auto (without the need to manually do something) meta (change)...In this case the deffinition is, "not asleep but driving without paying attention."
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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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'
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.
Naplap
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nap-lap
Sentence: Joyce has driven back and forth to work so many times that her car practically drives itself there. She gets her Fiesta onto Siesta Blvd., puts the car into snooze control and takes a naplap. On more than one occasion somebody has woken her in her parking spot without her remembering the drive.
Etymology: nap (light sleep) + lap (orbit, circuit)
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.
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.
Antecrashsomnia
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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COMMENTS:
love - sammrorkeydork, 2011-02-17: 11:31:00
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Autosomnia
Created by: bigmeat
Pronunciation: auto-somn-ia
Sentence: Sue was experiencing autosomnia on her way home from the bakery yesterday
Etymology: Auto-Self, Somnia- Sleep
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COMMENTS:
How creative! - bigmeat, 2011-02-17: 11:32:00
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Sleepatomomney
Created by: acarr23
Pronunciation: Sleep a tomo ney
Sentence: The driver suffers from sleepatomomney.
Etymology:
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes.
Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James