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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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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.
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.
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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COMMENTS:
Sounds like you got a new Chevy in your driveway. - Stevenson0, 2007-09-05: 17:30:00
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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
Pseudoautocruise
Created by: kasaj
Pronunciation:
Sentence: i was driving on pseudoautocruise when that truck hit me from behind
Etymology: pseudo=false
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
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!! "
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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COMMENTS:
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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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
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
Naughtopilot
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
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)
Navisightness
Created by: thebudman
Pronunciation: nahv-ih-sight-ness
Sentence: I know we shouldn't have stayed up all night at the party, but we'll be okay driving back. I've got navisightness.
Etymology: Navigation + Sight + the suffix "ness"
Autonosis
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.
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)
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:
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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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
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
Maggoad
Created by: leeannhamers
Pronunciation: magg-ode
Sentence: i was drunk but i had maggoad on my side
Etymology: magic/ road
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
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.
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
Slaken
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
Sensavation
Created by: Lurky2000
Pronunciation: Sense-ah-vashun
Sentence: Moving into 3rd gear, she sensavated her way home while reading the newspaper
Etymology:
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)
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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COMMENTS:
Some cool words in that sentence - petaj, 2007-09-05: 03:10:00
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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
