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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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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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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
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:
Pseudoautocruise
Created by: kasaj
Pronunciation:
Sentence: i was driving on pseudoautocruise when that truck hit me from behind
Etymology: pseudo=false
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.
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
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
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
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