Verboticisms

Created by: mana1066

Pronunciation: weel'trans'ful'ness

Sentence: I've perfected both makeup-driving and wheeltrancefulness.

Etymology: Wheel + trance + wakefulness

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COMMENTS:

They should teach that in driver's school - mana1066, 2007-03-13: 13:14:00

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Created by: 758111

Pronunciation: non-somni-auto-meta

Sentence: when I was driving home I went into nonsomniautometa because the traffic horrible.

Etymology: non (not) Somni (sleep) auto (without the need to manually do something) meta (change)...In this case the deffinition is, "not asleep but driving without paying attention."

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Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation: sleep-an-steer

Sentence: I have uncanny abilities to sleepansteer. I don't remember the drive at all.

Etymology: Sleep and steer

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: hy ber navi gay ting

Sentence: Morphea was good at hibernavigating on her long commute home. She was there, but could never recall how she got home.

Etymology: Hibernating (be in an inactive or dormant state;Sleeping) & Navigating (direct to travel carefully and safely)

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Created by: brittmojo

Pronunciation: Non osis pilot

Sentence: The driver tended to be a nonosispilot.

Etymology: Non - not Osis- action Pilot- one who steers

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Created by: EffingCharms

Pronunciation: Med-i- drive

Sentence: When she Medidrives, she makes less comments about how the other drivers are, well... driving.

Etymology: Medi is from meditate, meaning to meditate, be in a completely relaxed state.

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: katnapigāt

Sentence: Some mornings are rougher than others. Few hour of sleep, light traffic and mostly straight, boring roads can tempt James to catnapigate his way to work. More than once the rumble strips on the shoulder of the highway have been his friend.

Etymology: catnap (a short, light sleep; a doze) + navigate (travel on a desired course after planning a route)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: TRANS-neh-gayt

Sentence: Even while in a meditative state, Hector always manages to safely trancenigate the highways and byways, to the complete astonishment of those who know him well and have ridden with him.

Etymology: Blend of 'trance' and 'navigate'

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: fOrd-sEE-esta

Sentence: Jill drives a Ford Fiesta that she named her Fordsiesta. It seems she gets her best naps while driving it.

Etymology: ford fiesta/siesta

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COMMENTS:

I wonder if it's because of the drozing sound the wheels make? - sunny09, 2007-03-14: 00:03:00

oohh this one is very good. - erasmus, 2007-03-14: 12:15:00

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Kar-varh-na

Sentence: After 15 years of solid driving experience, Betty had finally reached carvana - the awareness that her car and the traffic are ONE... and everything else is maya, illusion...

Etymology: Car + nirvana. Nirvana: the highest spiritual plane according to Buddhism. (Maya, btw, is the Hare Krishna (Hindu sect) word for illusion.)

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COMMENTS:

Everything else is illusion? Sounds like carvananity... - wordmeister, 2007-03-13: 15:35:00

I thought so too...though that's not why I eventually rejected further exploration... - Discoveria, 2007-03-13: 18:03:00

I'm impressed with your Hindu and Buddist knowledge. like the word too. - erasmus, 2007-03-14: 05:23:00

I like this one! - jedijawa, 2007-03-14: 10:01:00

erasmus - thanks. No-one would suspect that I had to google nirvana for a definition...;D - Discoveria, 2007-03-14: 11:48:00

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