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'Don't worry. I'm not asleep. I'm meditating.'

DEFINITION: n. A state of heightened, subconscious awareness that allows drivers to "safely" navigate and control a vehicle without watching the road. v. To drive without bothering to watch where you are going.

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Autoobsernavigation

deweyanddoug

Created by: deweyanddoug

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I drove for thirteen hours straight, but my keen skill of Autoobsernavigation kicked in during the tenth hour on the road.

Etymology:

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Nonsomniautometa

Created by: 758111

Pronunciation: non-somni-auto-meta

Sentence: when I was driving home I went into nonsomniautometa because the traffic horrible.

Etymology: non (not) Somni (sleep) auto (without the need to manually do something) meta (change)...In this case the deffinition is, "not asleep but driving without paying attention."

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Hypertranssomnia

Created by: Railrod

Pronunciation: Hyper- Trans- Somnia

Sentence: F.J. experienced hypertranssomnia while driving to his grandmother's house that he had been to thousands of times.

Etymology: hyper, above + trans, across + somnia, sleep

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Snortopilot

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: snore-toe-pie-lut

Sentence: she found herself constantly brakedancing while her dad was driving on snortopilot

Etymology: snore, autopilot

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COMMENTS:

erasmus thats quite a funny word. - erasmus, 2007-03-13: 06:36:00

the descriptive use is just as funny. (I have good visualisation skills.) - sunny09, 2007-03-13: 23:17:00

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Wheeltrancefulness

Created by: mana1066

Pronunciation: weel'trans'ful'ness

Sentence: I've perfected both makeup-driving and wheeltrancefulness.

Etymology: Wheel + trance + wakefulness

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COMMENTS:

They should teach that in driver's school - mana1066, 2007-03-13: 13:14:00

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Pelnonspectosis

Created by: hughjass

Pronunciation: pel non spect osis

Sentence:

Etymology: pel-to drive, non-not , spect-looking, osis-action

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Comudoze

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: com u doze

Sentence: Eliza was able to comudoze through her daily commute.

Etymology: from commute and doze and comatose.

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Ghandetour

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: gon-dee-tour

Sentence: When I got on the interstate, I must have taken a ghandetour, because when I arrived at work, I couldn't remember anything about the trip. It was likely I was wanderpondering some minutia, like today's Verbotomy definition.

Etymology: Ghandi, detour

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Trancesporting

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: trans/sport/ting

Sentence: Mandy is seen every morning trancesporting her children to school. She's always amazed when she wakes up inthe driveway sans children.

Etymology: trance + transporting

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Many Mommies would like this feature in her car...good word - Nosila, 2011-02-17: 21:33:00

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Pelagnosanspect

Created by: jrlion2016

Pronunciation: pell-egg-noss-an-spekt

Sentence: Mary was tired and decided to not pay enough attention to the road while she was driving. She went into her pelagnostanspectic state so she could continue driving home without have any memory of her drive home.

Etymology: pel-to drive; a-without; gnos-knowledge; an-without; spect-seeing

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-13: 01:00:29
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes.
Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-30: 00:22:00
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James