Verboticisms

Created by: zachclute

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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)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: hy ber navi gay ting

Sentence: Morphea was good at hibernavigating on her long commute home. She was there, but could never recall how she got home.

Etymology: Hibernating (be in an inactive or dormant state;Sleeping) & Navigating (direct to travel carefully and safely)

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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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Created by: chercherlalun

Pronunciation: zen pi lot

Sentence: Mary was a zenpilot. She had become one with the steering wheel

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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: 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.

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: kroos - snuz - ing

Sentence: Linda went cruisnoozing to the store to pick up antacids after her atrocious all night vigil which had left her absolutely exhausted.

Etymology: cruise, snoozing

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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

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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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