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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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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:

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Wheeltrancefulness

Created by: mana1066

Pronunciation: weel'trans'ful'ness

Sentence: I've perfected both makeup-driving and wheeltrancefulness.

Etymology: Wheel + trance + wakefulness

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COMMENTS:

They should teach that in driver's school - mana1066, 2007-03-13: 13:14:00

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Stradar

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: strādär

Sentence: Jim gets up WAY too early in the morning to get to work. While driving down the highway there are stretches where the road is boringly familiar and music on the radio is sort of relaxing (less head banging than usual). He may start to nod off. That little voice in his head says **The road is straight. There is almost no traffic. Go ahead, close your eyes for just a second**. This is when he relies on stradar, that internal sense that the movement has shifted from linear to lateral. If it is severe, it will startle him enough to put a shot of adrenalin into his bloodstream and complete the trip with his head upright. If not, he will open all the windows, crank up the radio and sing along to to some song he may not even like all that much at the top of his lungs. Jim*s friends worry.

Etymology: stray (move without a specific purpose or by mistake) + radar (a system for detecting the presence, direction, distance, and speed of aircraft, ships, and other objects, by sending out pulses of high-frequency electromagnetic waves that are reflected off the object back to the source)

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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)

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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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Sleepansteer

Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation: sleep-an-steer

Sentence: I have uncanny abilities to sleepansteer. I don't remember the drive at all.

Etymology: Sleep and steer

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Socratichypnosautoperation

Created by: username

Pronunciation: sôk-rāt-ĭk-hĭp-nōs-ätō-pûr-ā-shən

Sentence: When Paige is on a long straight road and did not get enough sleep, she uses socratichypnosautoperation believing that she will remain safe.

Etymology: socratic- derived from the Greek philosopher Socrates meaning "having safe might" Hypnos- the Greek root hypnos means "sleep" auto- shortened/derived from automobile meaning "automobile" operation- to operate

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Carvoyance

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: car-voy-ance

Sentence: Clair used her extra sensory powers of carvoyance to get through the last 15 miles of car avoidance because she had been driving all night and was going into a nod.

Etymology: car + clairvoyance: second-sight, ESP -- to be able to see in a trance like state into the world beyond the perception of the normal senses

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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'

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