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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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Sleepatomomney
Created by: acarr23
Pronunciation: Sleep a tomo ney
Sentence: The driver suffers from sleepatomomney.
Etymology:
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)
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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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.
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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COMMENTS:
you are gettting sleepy..... - Nosila, 2011-02-17: 21:32:00
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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'
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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COMMENTS:
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
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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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."
Steeresta
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: steer + ess + ta
Sentence: Sometimes on the way home I take a little steeresta - I've taken this drive so much I can literally do it in my sleep.
Etymology: steer + siesta
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes.
Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James