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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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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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Trancit
Created by: joelb
Pronunciation: TRAN-sit
Sentence: It was a wonder that I headed i the right direction during this morning's trancit.
Etymology: trance + transit
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COMMENTS:
Dadnugget! You beat me to this word. Gotta get up earlier or stay up later. - ErWenn, 2007-09-25: 09:43:00
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Transbortation
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: transbôrtāshən
Sentence: Steve loves fantasy football. As he dozes on on the public transbortation system he dreams that he is the star quarterback. Unfortunately yesterday\'s game went into overtime as he slept past his stop.
Etymology: transportation (the action of transporting someone or something) + bore (a tedious situation or thing)
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.
Comamuter
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: koh-muh-myoo-ter
Sentence: Jay is a comamuter. He opens his eyes just enough to find his way to the bus stop. He sticks in the earbuds and continues whatever dream was interrupted by that lousy alarm clock hoping to not drool too much. If they ever repair the pothole on the block before his stop he might stay on the bus all day.
Etymology: coma (a state of prolonged unconsciousness) + commuter ( a person who commutes, especially between home and work)
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COMMENTS:
ha ha -you beat me to it! - libertybelle, 2012-10-26: 14:08:00
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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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Transitdentalism
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tran sit dent all ism
Sentence: When Jackie had to do his one hour bus commute each way to his work, he was able to zone out and use transitdentalism to lift his mind to a nicer place and time. He was proud of his illogistical skills which shortened his gruelling travel time.
Etymology: Transit (make a passage or journey from one place to another) & Transcedentalism (any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material)
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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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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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