Verboticisms

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

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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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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.

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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.

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Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: snoos-kju-ing

Sentence: Every day, as Jane snoozequeued her way to work, she would listen to language-tapes and subconsciously learn a new language every month or two.

Etymology: snooze - button-mashing in the morning queue - a line of people/cars which moves towards a common goal

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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.

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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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Created by: hughjass

Pronunciation: pel non spect osis

Sentence:

Etymology: pel-to drive, non-not , spect-looking, osis-action

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Created by: brittinski94

Pronunciation: som nee mo beel ee ah

Sentence: After foregoing sleep in order to write a DBQ essay, one might find oneself practicing somnimobilia while driving to school.

Etymology: Somni means sleep, mob mean to move, and -ilia makes it sound cool

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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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