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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.
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Tripnotized
Created by: SethelMerman
Pronunciation: Trip-no-tyz-dh
Sentence: I was tripnotized by the dancers on the subway, and ended up watching them till three stops passed my own.
Etymology: Trip+hypnotized
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COMMENTS:
EXCELLENT!
- DrWebsterIII, 2012-10-26: 23:01:00
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Tranceportation
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
Tranceportation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: transs - port - ay - shun
Sentence: While riding the metro to and from his work Melvin had developed remarkable tranceportation techniques wherein he could believe he was on vacation in Hawaii rather than on the bus in Portland.
Etymology: Play on the word transportation with the inclusion of the word 'trance' (a state of complete mental absorption or deep musing)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent word... - Nosila, 2008-08-26: 20:45:00
When you awake, you will remember nothing..... - metrohumanx, 2008-08-27: 01:00:00
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Transitdence
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tran sit dens
Sentence: Charlie rode the commuter train twice a day, everyday from his home in the burbs to his job in the city and back. It was a long monotonous ride and after he was just a few minutes underway, he would always nod off. At that point he would fall into a state of transitdence. The repetitive click of the rails hypnotized him during which point his subconcious was open to suggestion. This might explain why when he got to his destination, he would have no shoes on, or cluck like a chicken or have new facial features in felt markers, like a monocle, a villainous moustache or Clockwork-orange eye make-up. Yes, those commuter gremlins could be cruel and vandalize you and turn you into human graffiti if you didn't stay alert.
Etymology: Transcedence(the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits; a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience) & Transit (make a passage or journey from one place to another) & Trance (a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep)
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COMMENTS:
But did he ever return? No he never returned, and his fate is still unlearned....GREAT one, Nosila! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-26: 00:50:00
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Travelogy
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: trav + uhl + oh + gee
Sentence: I was so travelogy this morning that I almost missed seeing the 12-foot-tall clown in the Western/Vermont station... er... I think the clown was there.
Etymology: travel + logy
Transitreverie
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tran sit rev er ree
Sentence: Charlie fell into his usual state of transitreverie the moment he sat on the bus. It was an hour long commute downtown from the sticks. He had tried reading books (always fell asleep after five minutes and often missed his stop) and tried doing work on paper or on his computer, but found it too noisy and bumpy to concentrate. Of late, he plugged in dreamy music and let his mind flow free. He imagined things about the passengers...like that cute girl in a trench coat might be a spy. (As if cute girl spies often took the bus to work). Or he imagined what he would do first when he won the lottery. Or that he'd invent something really clever or that he'd find the girl of his dreams. Yes, Charlie looked forward to his hours of daily dreaming. One day he got busy and wrote a song about it, made a bundle on his hit and his song became an anthem for commuters all over the land. Wake up, Charlie and drive properly...you are going to have an accident driving this bus if you don't stop your transitreverie!
Etymology: Transit (commute;make a passage or journey from one place to another;pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place) & Reverie (absent-minded dreaming while awake)
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COMMENTS:
Comacommuters everywhere will be listening to that song on their ipods. - petaj, 2010-01-28: 06:11:00
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Comamute
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: coh-mah-myoot
Sentence: comamuting to work was both relaxing and nerve-racking at the same time.
Etymology: coma, commute
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COMMENTS:
Bah! This was the _second_ word I came up with this morning, after "trancit", which joelb beat me to. - ErWenn, 2007-09-25: 09:44:00
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Homatose
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: home/a/tose
Sentence: Once again Ling ended up right where he started. Thanks to the piped in elevator music on the bus which always induced a homatose state, he had gone full circle and found himself waking to the bus driver shouting, "Hey you back there! End of the line!" Three nights a week he not only missed dinner, but ended up wasting money on cab fare AND flowers!
Etymology: Home + Comatose
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-26: 12:51:00
Hahaha. I actually did that twice, and visited both ends of the line. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-27: 01:24:00
So did I but I was vah vah drunk. - scrabbelicious, 2008-08-27: 10:51:00
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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