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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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Subdrivenation
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: suhb-drihv-ehn-AY-shuhn
Sentence: Alex somehow managed the 18 miles from Bootlick to Possum Holler on a mixture of cold medicine and subdrivenation.
Etymology: Portmanteau of "driven", "divination", and "sublimation"
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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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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Somnidrive
Created by: darkXshadow
Pronunciation: som-ny-der-ive
Sentence: i was somnidriving the other day...
Etymology: somn means to sleep. drive means to convey in a vehicle.
Tranceport
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: trans port
Sentence: her new method of tranceport was more incarcoma than carcinoma, but was nonetheless fairly life threatening.
Etymology: trance, transport
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COMMENTS:
oohh very good. - erasmus, 2007-03-13: 07:01:00
Love it! I totally tranceported this weekend, on my way home from the bar. - Sketchy, 2007-03-13: 21:45:00
That's a great combination of concepts. - jedijawa, 2007-03-14: 10:03:00
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Sixsensigate
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: siks-sensee-gaet
Sentence: Last night after the party, William's driving was totally a sixsensigate becuase he was drunk.
Etymology: six was taken from sixth and sens was taken from sense. sixth sense is an imaginary sense which is believed to work when the other five fail.gate is taken from a word navigate means to move.so, to move through sixth sense when rest of the sense are morbid or work less efficiently.
Ghandetour
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: gon-dee-tour
Sentence: When I got on the interstate, I must have taken a ghandetour, because when I arrived at work, I couldn't remember anything about the trip. It was likely I was wanderpondering some minutia, like today's Verbotomy definition.
Etymology: Ghandi, detour
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
Autoobsernavigation
Created by: deweyanddoug
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I drove for thirteen hours straight, but my keen skill of Autoobsernavigation kicked in during the tenth hour on the road.
Etymology:
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes.
Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James