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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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Comacommute
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: co-ma-co-MYOO-ta
Sentence: He was a coma, comacommuter, with ipod in his ears and abstracted kind of sneer. He had no idea, he'd gone past central, he just blankly stared ahead, fellow travellers thought him dead.
Etymology: Sung to the tune of Copa Copacabana. You all know what a coma is, and what a commuter is.
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COMMENTS:
Please sing the next line... - petaj, 2010-01-28: 06:10:00
Terrific - although you planted an earworm and I'm going to have it all day. - mrskellyscl, 2010-01-28: 09:05:00
His name was Rico, he worked for Ricoh, but that was four years ago when he used to have a job. Now it's a commute but not for Rico, he just rides around all days in a transitory daze... - Nosila, 2010-01-28: 09:15:00
I thought it was Karma Chameleon by Culture Club - Koekbroer, 2010-01-28: 11:38:00
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Tranceportation
Created by: ScrabbledEgg
Pronunciation: trans-per-tay-shuhn
Sentence: Monday morning. Coiffed, clean-shaven, & caffeinated. He looked alert-crisp even- as he took his seat; yet within minutes the familiar cadence of the commuter train put him into a deep state of tranceportation. People and places blurred past his opened yet unfocused eyes. Thoughts wandered through his open yet unfocused mind. As his railcar hurtled forward, dragging him and his fellow captors closer to the monotony awaiting them, he tranceported himself further and further back through his all too quick weekend.
Etymology: trance + transportation
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COMMENTS:
Not exactly the same thing happened to my paternal grandmother's grandfather who in 1842, aged 14 yrs, found himself tranceported to NSW. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-25: 18:16:00
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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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Transportmental
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)
Transreversit
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: trans-ri-vurs-it
Sentence: The pitfalls of being a transreversit are the times when you drool on your your newly dry-cleaned suit.
Etymology: transit + reverse
Tubatose
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: toob/a/tohs
Sentence: As the commuters settle down for the long ride to the city core, tubatose overtakes the passengers until they arrive at their destination.
Etymology: TUBATOSE - noun - from TUBE (name for British subway system) + COMATOSE (lacking alertness, or energy)
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COMMENTS:
Cool! That's almost an anagram, too. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-27: 01:13:00
It has marching band implictions, also. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-27: 01:14:00
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Dumbustruck
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: DUM - BUS - STRUK
Sentence: Dean would always be dumbustrucked whilst commuting to work. Staring out the window falling in love with strange women was a great distraction from being a sad straphanger
Etymology: DUMBSTRUCK (unresponsive, stupefied, speechless) plus a simple "U" alluding to "bus" dumb + bus + struck
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
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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Incommutecado
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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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