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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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Hypnotrip
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Hip-no-trip
Sentence: Having to commute to work everyday, Sam would often drift into a hypnotrip and dream he was going home to pick up his suitcase to take with him on his luxury holiay in barbados.
Etymology: Hypno(hypnotic-Sleep inducing) + Trip( a journey or excursion) = Hypnotrip
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COMMENTS:
Good one - Mustang, 2008-08-26: 23:59:00
YEAH! I LOVE HYPNOTRIP...wish i'd thought of it. Very snappy sound! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-27: 01:15:00
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Zommute
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: ZOM-myoot
Sentence: Bob zommuted by train in a traverie, to and from his workplace for more than 30 years, until the MTA opened a new section of the underground loop. And, now, like "Charlie on the MTA" he rides for ever 'neath the streets of Melbourne... ...... NO; Roxie doesn't, like Charlie's good wife, pass him a sandwich as the train comes rumblin through! Anyway, O.H.& S laws wouldn't allow her to. Hello to all in Boston.
Etymology: Blend of ZOMBIE: a person whose behavior or responses are wooden, or seemingly rote; automaton & COMMUTE: to travel regularly over some distance, as from a suburb into a city and back.
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COMMENTS:
I often zommute to work - great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-26: 12:51:00
You have to respect the rights of the Undead.... - metrohumanx, 2008-08-27: 01:03:00
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Revermute
Created by: kathleen
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Charlton would swear to you that his daily revermuting benefited his employer by allowing him to bring freshly opened eyes to the workplace, unfettered by preparation or forethought
Etymology: revert/reverie+commute
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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Tranceportation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: trans-por-TAY-shun
Sentence: Over the many years he's been riding the metro to and from work, Larson has developed a remarkable tranceportation technique wherein he can experience a vacation on the beaches of Australia instead of enduring the humdrum daily communte.
Etymology: Play on the word 'transportation' using 'trance' (n. (a state of complete mental absorption or deep musing)
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COMMENTS:
good one! - libertybelle, 2012-10-26: 14:09:00
got my vote - DrWebsterIII, 2012-10-26: 15:22:00
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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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Tunnelfatigue
Created by: hellohime
Pronunciation: Tun'l'fa'teeg
Sentence: I experience a severe case of tunnelfatigue on the way to work and woke up several miles from my stop.
Etymology: Tunnelfatigue - when a person is lulled into a deep sleep by the dull drone of wheels on pavement.
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)
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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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