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DEFINITION: A state of heightened, subconscious awareness that allows drivers to "safely" navigate and control a vehicle without watching the road.
Verboticisms
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Tripscendental
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: trip-sen-den-tl
Sentence: When Ken arrived at work he realized he had been in a tripscendental state the entire way.
Etymology: trip - (travel, journey) transcendental - (supernatural, abstract)
Sensavation
Created by: Lurky2000
Pronunciation: Sense-ah-vashun
Sentence: Moving into 3rd gear, she sensavated her way home while reading the newspaper
Etymology:
Navisightness
Created by: thebudman
Pronunciation: nahv-ih-sight-ness
Sentence: I know we shouldn't have stayed up all night at the party, but we'll be okay driving back. I've got navisightness.
Etymology: Navigation + Sight + the suffix "ness"
Forcetowakethoughasleep
Created by: leomar
Pronunciation: force-to-wake-though-asleep
Sentence: forcing to be awake, eventhough she was so sleepy..
Etymology: force to be awake
Snoozemissile
Created by: FreeToys
Pronunciation: snooz' - miss - ul sounds like: Cruise Missile
Sentence: Although an encounter with a bridge would have been fitting, the Snoozemissile drifted into oncoming traffic, as they often do.
Etymology: snoozing/missile
Somniscience
Created by: torpid
Pronunciation: som-nish-uhns
Sentence: Joan, driving across the state without having slept for 2 days, managed to avoid hitting a biker despite having her eyes closed and snoring due to her incredible somniscience.
Etymology: omniscience + somn (latin prefix meaning sleep)
Yodoz
Created by: noztril
Pronunciation: yo - dōz
Sentence: The flight attendant announced the red-eye was piloted by two of the most gifted practitioners of yodoz.
Etymology: yo - to indicate attentiveness + doze - To sleep lightly and intermittently
Slaken
Created by: skepsis
Pronunciation: slay-kin
Sentence: I was able to get to work in a slaken state without causing any accidents (that I can remember).
Etymology: sleep and awaken
Carvana
Created by: Sholto
Pronunciation: kahr-VAH-nuh
Sentence: It was only when she pulled on the handbrake and reached for her makeup bag that Shona realised she had driven to work in a state of perfect carvana, and had no recollection of the journey whatsoever.
Etymology: Car & Nirvana
Chevytation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: shevy/tay/shun
Sentence: In her new Chevy she could rise above the gridlock with chevytation
Etymology: chevy + levitation
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like you got a new Chevy in your driveway. - Stevenson0, 2007-09-05: 17:30:00
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