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DEFINITION: n., A semi-conscious state experienced by early morning commuters on a subway, bus or car. v., To mentally transport oneself in the opposite direction of which you are traveling.
Verboticisms
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Triptripping
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: tripp tripp ing
Sentence: He triptripped happily all the way home from the dentist He wondered if it was anything to do with the trancy dental medication.
Etymology: trip as in journey, trip as in wow.
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COMMENTS:
trancy dental medication...uncrowned genius! - Nosila, 2011-06-07: 22:48:00
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Tubatose
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: toob/a/tohs
Sentence: As passengers settle down for the long ride to the city core, tubatose overtakes the passengers until they arrive at their destination.
Etymology: tube (British subway) + comatose
Stunrun
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: STUN-ruhn
Sentence: Although Bruce was fortified with a triple king-sized coffee and a fistful of No-doze, he was not looking forward to the morning STUNRUN. Reading was out of the question... the last time he tried that, he woke up at the end of the line with creases on his face. As he watched the bleak byways of industrial desolation crawl by, he remembered a STUNRUN he took a while back. Catching himself in a commuter's REM state, he hastily got off at the wrong stop and found himself in an unfinished, uninhabited proto-terminal in the Hackensack Marshlands. He wore out his patent leather Florsheim shoes that grim day just walking back to the fringes of civilization, and he wasn't eager to repeat that particular nighmare anytime soon. Getting home at the end of the day was bad enough, but the morning STUNRUN was just marginally more fun than a bone marrow transplant. And today was only MONDAY!
Etymology: STUN+RUN=STUNRUN.....stun: to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by repeated blows-Middle English stonen, stunen, from Anglo-French estoner .....run: the distance covered in a period of continuous traveling or commuting b: a course or trip especially if traveled with regularity-
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COMMENTS:
It gets worse-MUCH worse:
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/ - metrohumanx, 2008-08-26: 01:00:00
This is WAY too much fun ! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-26: 06:52:00
Good word, but thanks to you and that OzzieBob, I now have that Kingston Trio MTA Song circling the tunnels of my mind! - Nosila, 2008-08-26: 20:49:00
Just sing "Sloop John B." until it goes away, N.... - metrohumanx, 2008-08-27: 01:07:00
Fantastic - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-27: 04:23:00
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Bustripping
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: bus-trip-ping
Sentence: I guess I was bustripping, because I don't remember the ride to work.
Etymology: bus, tripping
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COMMENTS:
She was a bus tripper, a subway rider yea Took me so long to find out, and I found out - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-25: 12:36:00
Crap. I shoulda done "dazetripper". Dazetripper, dazetripper yea. Oh well, better than Barry White. - purpleartichokes, 2007-09-25: 13:41:00
you're right that is a good word - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-25: 15:12:00
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Snoreverie
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: snawr/veree
Sentence: I hated to wake the guy sitting next to me in the midst of what appeared to be a pleasant snoreverie, but the bus driver had just called "Last Stop!" and I definitely want off.
Etymology: Snore (breathe noisly in sleep) + Reverie (a state of day dreaming)
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COMMENTS:
...and I had to pay the RETURN fare! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-27: 01:06:00
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Backmind
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
Counterprossession
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: count-er-pro-sesh-un
Sentence: The train was full of counterprosessional passengers. Their minds were AWOL heading for the beach, while their bodies carried out the Monday to Friday motions of getting to work.
Etymology: possessed (like when you have no control over your own mind) + counter (opposite) + procede (go forward)
Transitdentalmeditation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: tranz/it/den/tal/med/i/tay/shun
Sentence: I find the transitdentalmeditation technique is the most effective way to remove the stress of the daily commute while bringing fulfillment and contentment to life - it is achieved by gently gritting your teeth to absorb the vibrations of the subway track - no drooling allowed!
Etymology: transit + dental + transcendental meditation
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COMMENTS:
Must be a tooth-rack railway you're on Jabber! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-25: 17:54:00
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Dozennui
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: does on wee
Sentence: Not again! Poor Trevor missed his stop. He really wished they'd move the hospital closer to his apartment. The bouts of dozennui were really starting to limit his career options, not to mention cutting into his bagpipe practice time.
Etymology: Doze (to sleep, perchance to dream?) Ennui (this train trip is just so *tedious*)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James
rikboyee - 2007-09-25: 00:52:00
this is very similar to the car driving one...all the same words apply...like tranceport and tripnosis
Yes it's similar, but I think it would be safer to be lost in a traverie while riding on the bus, than to undergo a complete tripnosis while driving a car on/off the highway. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176 . Thank you MrDave2176 . ~ James