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'Don't worry. I'm not asleep. I'm meditating.'

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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Snoozecontrol

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: snooze-con-troll

Sentence: Jill drove to work each day on snoozecontrol, barely aware of having made the trip and having no memory of any part of the 20 minute drive.

Etymology: snooze (half awake or less) + control (like cruise control only while in a semi-snooze)

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I like it! Gonna start tomorrow morning! - allwise, 2007-03-13: 05:00:00

Absolutely brilliant. - ErWenn, 2007-03-19: 01:46:00

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Presmashination

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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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?

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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"

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Catnapigate

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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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Snoozecontrol

Created by: noodles

Pronunciation: sn-ah-ooozah-con-tra-ol

Sentence: I began to snoozecontrol in heavy traffic.

Etymology: sleep under right mind

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you are gettting sleepy..... - Nosila, 2011-02-17: 21:32:00

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Carvana

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Kar-varh-na

Sentence: After 15 years of solid driving experience, Betty had finally reached carvana - the awareness that her car and the traffic are ONE... and everything else is maya, illusion...

Etymology: Car + nirvana. Nirvana: the highest spiritual plane according to Buddhism. (Maya, btw, is the Hare Krishna (Hindu sect) word for illusion.)

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Everything else is illusion? Sounds like carvananity... - wordmeister, 2007-03-13: 15:35:00

I thought so too...though that's not why I eventually rejected further exploration... - Discoveria, 2007-03-13: 18:03:00

erasmus I'm impressed with your Hindu and Buddist knowledge. like the word too. - erasmus, 2007-03-14: 05:23:00

I like this one! - jedijawa, 2007-03-14: 10:01:00

erasmus - thanks. No-one would suspect that I had to google nirvana for a definition...;D - Discoveria, 2007-03-14: 11:48:00

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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)

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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

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Nonosispilot

Created by: brittmojo

Pronunciation: Non osis pilot

Sentence: The driver tended to be a nonosispilot.

Etymology: Non - not Osis- action Pilot- one who steers

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-13: 01:00:29
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes.
Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-30: 00:22:00
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James