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'Don't worry. I'm not asleep. I'm meditating.'

DEFINITION: A state of heightened, subconscious awareness that allows drivers to "safely" navigate and control a vehicle without watching the road.

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Narcotransience

mayflyjac

Created by: mayflyjac

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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!! "

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Zonavigate

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: zo + nav + ih + gate

Sentence: I've gone this way so many times I can zonavigate it with my eyes closed. Which is how I usually do it.

Etymology: zone + navigate

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Napigation

petaj

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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Maggoad

Created by: leeannhamers

Pronunciation: magg-ode

Sentence: i was drunk but i had maggoad on my side

Etymology: magic/ road

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Autovana

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: aw/toh/vah/nuh

Sentence: Driving was pure pleasure when she climbed into her car and slipped into a state of autovana.

Etymology: automobile + automatic + nirvana

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Pseudoautocruise

Created by: kasaj

Pronunciation:

Sentence: i was driving on pseudoautocruise when that truck hit me from behind

Etymology: pseudo=false

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Subcondrive

Created by: Jeaneai

Pronunciation: Sub-cohn-dreye-ve

Sentence: The cars in front of him were barely moving so Tim decided it would be best if he just subcondrove.

Etymology: Subconscious and drive.

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Carobotic

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: ka-ro-BOT-ik

Sentence: Those who didn't know Bob well, thought that his driving seemed a bit jaloopy. But Roxie knew that driving with Bob was autopian. For he was mild-hearted towards mergeicians and courteous to cyclopaths, while driving safely with a carobotic awareness that allowed him to drive without watching the road.

Etymology: Blend of car & robotic: to act like a robot or automaton. Jaloopy (jalopy & loopy); Autopian, Mergeician & Cyclopath from Richard Glover's "The Dag's Dictionary."

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petaj Some cool words in that sentence - petaj, 2007-09-05: 03:10:00

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Snoozecontrol

Created by: elcomputo

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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

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Naughtopilot

tempest

Created by: tempest

Pronunciation: NAWT-o-pie-lut

Sentence: Bill snapped out of naughtopilot at the sound of the airhorn from the 18-wheeler behind him at the light.

Etymology: Naught + autopilot

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Zenigate

Created by: recessivejean

Pronunciation: Zen-uh-gayt

Sentence: I've no idea how she managed to zenigate rush hour traffic while fixing her makeup, talking on her phone, and flossing her teeth.

Etymology: zen/igate from zen + navigate

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Yodrivega

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: yoh-dryv-guh

Sentence: Her Yoga instructor advised her that she practice some poses at home, maybe a few hours per week between classes. Would yodrivega count as practice time?

Etymology: yoga (a Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity) + drive

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Slaken

skepsis

Created by: skepsis

Pronunciation: slay-kin

Sentence: I was able to get to work in a slaken state without causing any accidents (that I can remember).

Etymology: sleep and awaken

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Deathcontrol

Created by: caffreyc

Pronunciation: Death+control

Sentence: Driving on deathcontrol is perfectly safe, relying on the third eye to protect you and saving a great deal of energy

Etymology: If cruise control regulates speed, then deathcontrol is your way of regulating the time of your death.

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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

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Autonosis

HarryLimeJuice

Created by: HarryLimeJuice

Pronunciation: aw-toh-KNOW-ses

Sentence: Stacy had a major case of autonosis when, driving from Denver to Atlanta, she ended up without gas in an empty parking lot.

Etymology: Derived from the slang for automobile, or auto, and the cognitive state suffix -nosis.

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Crooze

trioptimum

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)

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Tripnosis

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: trip-no-siss

Sentence: after years of taking the kids to their early morning swimming lessons, it became easy for me to get there via tripnosis

Etymology: trip, hypnosis

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i submitted tranceport thinking i was all clever but then when i checked on the words that came up last time for this definition i saw that tranceport had been done... - rikboyee, 2007-09-04: 03:23:00

good word. Defines a lot of travelling situations. You hae my vote. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-04: 23:34:00

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Chevytation

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: shevy/tay/shun

Sentence: In her new Chevy she could rise above the gridlock with chevytation

Etymology: chevy + levitation

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Sounds like you got a new Chevy in your driveway. - Stevenson0, 2007-09-05: 17:30:00

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Clairvehiculance

MrDave2176

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.

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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

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Carvana

Created by: Sholto

Pronunciation: kahr-VAH-nuh

Sentence: It was only when she pulled on the handbrake and reached for her makeup bag that Shona realised she had driven to work in a state of perfect carvana, and had no recollection of the journey whatsoever.

Etymology: Car & Nirvana

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Castanetivigation

Created by: PeePaw00

Pronunciation: cast-a-net-ah-vah-gay-shun

Sentence: The desert highway was empty, and in my state of mind only castanetivigation could help me reach my ultimate destination.

Etymology: Cast-a-net (and/or Carlos Castaneda) + navigation

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Sublimnopilot

Created by: genemcl73

Pronunciation: sub lim no pilot

Sentence: I left work and got home and didn't even remember driving there, I was on sublimnopilot.

Etymology:

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Luciddriving

Created by: Windy

Pronunciation: zzzz-I'm awake--zzzz

Sentence: It was just a matter of submitting to her subconscious; when Alice was luciddriving she could control the cruise control with her knees

Etymology: lucid dreaming

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Sensavation

Created by: Lurky2000

Pronunciation: Sense-ah-vashun

Sentence: Moving into 3rd gear, she sensavated her way home while reading the newspaper

Etymology:

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Somniscience

Created by: torpid

Pronunciation: som-nish-uhns

Sentence: Joan, driving across the state without having slept for 2 days, managed to avoid hitting a biker despite having her eyes closed and snoring due to her incredible somniscience.

Etymology: omniscience + somn (latin prefix meaning sleep)

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Autodrivitate

SirVimes

Created by: SirVimes

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Etymology: Autodrive + Meditate

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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)

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