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DEFINITION: n. A state of heightened, subconscious awareness that allows drivers to "safely" navigate and control a vehicle without watching the road. v. To drive without bothering to watch where you are going.
Verboticisms
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Subdrivenation
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: suhb-drihv-ehn-AY-shuhn
Sentence: Alex somehow managed the 18 miles from Bootlick to Possum Holler on a mixture of cold medicine and subdrivenation.
Etymology: Portmanteau of "driven", "divination", and "sublimation"
Somnidrive
Created by: darkXshadow
Pronunciation: som-ny-der-ive
Sentence: i was somnidriving the other day...
Etymology: somn means to sleep. drive means to convey in a vehicle.
Napigate
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: nap-a-gate
Sentence: After years of working the graveyard shift, Joel was highly skilled at napigating between his home and workplace. So successful in fact, that after retiring, he would sometimes awake with a start to find himself trying to unlock his old office.
Etymology: Navigate plus nap.
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COMMENTS:
I hate it when I go to work when I don\'t have to. - artr, 2009-09-30: 14:43:00
Love it... - Nosila, 2009-10-01: 01:30:00
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Autopilotelepathy
Created by: Sketchy
Pronunciation: auto-pilo-te-lep-a-thy
Sentence: I've been using Autopilotelepathy to get around these days. It's much easier then having to actually drive with your eyes open.
Etymology: Auto (automatic) Pilot (person controlling the vehicle); Telepathy- Communication through means other than the senses, as by the exercise of an occult power. **In this case the ability to see whats happening on the road with eyes closed.
Ghandetour
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: gon-dee-tour
Sentence: When I got on the interstate, I must have taken a ghandetour, because when I arrived at work, I couldn't remember anything about the trip. It was likely I was wanderpondering some minutia, like today's Verbotomy definition.
Etymology: Ghandi, detour
Pelnonspectosis
Created by: hughjass
Pronunciation: pel non spect osis
Sentence:
Etymology: pel-to drive, non-not , spect-looking, osis-action
Inthezzzzoom
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: in the zoom
Sentence: It always freaks me when I see other drivers operating their vehicles inthezoom.
Etymology: "in the zone" (being totally focussed on an activity) + zzzz (cartoon language for sleeping) + zoom (move fast, typically when driving a car)
Zenpilot
Created by: chercherlalun
Pronunciation: zen pi lot
Sentence: Mary was a zenpilot. She had become one with the steering wheel
Etymology:
Carthorsemode
Created by: letterati
Pronunciation: huh? cart-horse-mode
Sentence: He was so mad, he switched into carthorsemode the rest of the way
Etymology: er, old English farming practice?
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes.
Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James