Verboticisms

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: 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: victy

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Etymology: navi-navigation... safo-safety....cle-vehicle

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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: larebaltaf4

Pronunciation: auto - mobil - insomia - phobe

Sentence: i am automobilinsomniaphobing.

Etymology: auto (self) mobil (transporting) imsomnia (inablity to sleep)

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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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Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: Kip Va Na

Sentence: Ned had become so enraptured in his 5:30 kipvana that he did not hear his name called on the radio and failed to claim the $100,000 prize.

Etymology: Kip= Australian for nap. Vana= A great rock band or the second part of Nir

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COMMENTS:

Kip Kip Hooray for your word! - Nosila, 2009-10-01: 01:32:00

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Created by: bigmeat

Pronunciation: auto-somn-ia

Sentence: Sue was experiencing autosomnia on her way home from the bakery yesterday

Etymology: Auto-Self, Somnia- Sleep

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COMMENTS:

How creative! - bigmeat, 2011-02-17: 11:32:00

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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: 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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