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DEFINITION: A state of heightened, subconscious awareness that allows drivers to "safely" navigate and control a vehicle without watching the road.
Verboticisms
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Yodoz
Created by: noztril
Pronunciation: yo - dōz
Sentence: The flight attendant announced the red-eye was piloted by two of the most gifted practitioners of yodoz.
Etymology: yo - to indicate attentiveness + doze - To sleep lightly and intermittently
Lucmanoeys
Created by: h4ste
Pronunciation: look-ma-no-eyes
Sentence: Keep your eyes on the road!! Its not as if you have lucmanoeys!!
Etymology: look + Ma + No + Eyes i thought of a kid riding his bicycle with no hands and showing it off to his mom. he said " LOOK MA!! NO HANDS!! "
Tripscendental
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: trip-sen-den-tl
Sentence: When Ken arrived at work he realized he had been in a tripscendental state the entire way.
Etymology: trip - (travel, journey) transcendental - (supernatural, abstract)
Clairvehiculance
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: klair-vee-HIK-yu-lance
Sentence: Were it not for his clairvehiculance Jared could not drive to work while drinking coffee, listening to his iPod and reviewing his text messages on his phoe at the same time.
Etymology: clairvoyance with vehicle.
Napigation
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: nap-i-gay-shun
Sentence: Nerida's sleep apnoea was offset by her excellent napigation, so even when she dozed off at the wheel because of her sleep problems she was still able to win the Paris to Dakkar rally.
Etymology: navigation + nap
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COMMENTS:
Decades ago after the obligatory end-of-week get-together, I often wonder how I had got home. Now I know it was napigation! You have my vote. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-04: 23:30:00
great stuff - Lurky2000, 2007-09-05: 05:41:00
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Forcetowakethoughasleep
Created by: leomar
Pronunciation: force-to-wake-though-asleep
Sentence: forcing to be awake, eventhough she was so sleepy..
Etymology: force to be awake
Crooze
Created by: trioptimum
Pronunciation: crooz
Sentence: She fastened the seat belt, cued up her favourite album, and prepared for the zen-like bliss of the morning crooze.
Etymology: snooze (a light sleep) + cruise (to travel at a moderate speed)
Snoozemissile
Created by: FreeToys
Pronunciation: snooz' - miss - ul sounds like: Cruise Missile
Sentence: Although an encounter with a bridge would have been fitting, the Snoozemissile drifted into oncoming traffic, as they often do.
Etymology: snoozing/missile
