Verboticisms

Created by: hellohime

Pronunciation: Tun'l'fa'teeg

Sentence: I experience a severe case of tunnelfatigue on the way to work and woke up several miles from my stop.

Etymology: Tunnelfatigue - when a person is lulled into a deep sleep by the dull drone of wheels on pavement.

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: transbôrtāshən

Sentence: Steve loves fantasy football. As he dozes on on the public transbortation system he dreams that he is the star quarterback. Unfortunately yesterday\'s game went into overtime as he slept past his stop.

Etymology: transportation (the action of transporting someone or something) + bore (a tedious situation or thing)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: bəzrīd

Sentence: Richard’s doctor told him that he needs to give up coffee. This has changed his morning commute into a buzzride. When he gets to work he gets a jumpstart by spiking his Redbull with 5-Hour Energy. This wakes him up but keeps him from blinking til lunchtime.

Etymology: buzz (the feeling of being mildly intoxicated) + bus ride

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: trans port men tal

Sentence: When Henry was in one of his Zen-like moods, he used the long commute by public transit as a transportmental meditation opportunity. Indeed he did this so often, the conductor would tell him...your fare will cost Zen dollars...ha, ha, ha!

Etymology: Transport (move something or somebody around; usually over long distances) & Transcedental Meditation(existing outside of or not in accordance with nature;continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature)

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: in/calm/ute/a/ca/doh

Sentence: Once seated ont he subway he became incommutecado.

Etymology: incommunicado + commute

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COMMENTS:

Nice combo, Owl! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-27: 01:11:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: sub/tohs

Sentence: Subtose overtakes the passengers as they settle down for the long ride to the city core from suburbia.

Etymology: subway, suburbanite + comatose

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: tran sit dent all ism

Sentence: When Jackie had to do his one hour bus commute each way to his work, he was able to zone out and use transitdentalism to lift his mind to a nicer place and time. He was proud of his illogistical skills which shortened his gruelling travel time.

Etymology: Transit (make a passage or journey from one place to another) & Transcedentalism (any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material)

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: loh/bus/poe/zi/shun

Sentence: Since Chris is very tall and the bus is very low, he assumes the lowbusposition whenever he travels.

Etymology: Lotus position + low + bus

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: trance-por-ta-tion

Sentence: Joel always got lost in the city's tranceportation system. He would daydream right past his stop, sometimes for blocks. It wasn't because he didn't know where he was going, he just didn't know where he was.

Etymology: trance: detatchment from one's physical surroundings, as in a daydream; semiconscious state as if in a daze or dream + transportation: a means of conveyance

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Created by: tiffanybiggs420

Pronunciation: [bak][mahynd]

Sentence: I used to always backmind home on the way to school because I hated it so much.

Etymology: my brain, 4:20

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