Verboticisms

Created by: trioptimum

Pronunciation: crooz

Sentence: She fastened the seat belt, cued up her favourite album, and prepared for the zen-like bliss of the morning crooze.

Etymology: snooze (a light sleep) + cruise (to travel at a moderate speed)

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Created by: Jeaneai

Pronunciation: Sub-cohn-dreye-ve

Sentence: The cars in front of him were barely moving so Tim decided it would be best if he just subcondrove.

Etymology: Subconscious and drive.

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: ka-ro-BOT-ik

Sentence: Those who didn't know Bob well, thought that his driving seemed a bit jaloopy. But Roxie knew that driving with Bob was autopian. For he was mild-hearted towards mergeicians and courteous to cyclopaths, while driving safely with a carobotic awareness that allowed him to drive without watching the road.

Etymology: Blend of car & robotic: to act like a robot or automaton. Jaloopy (jalopy & loopy); Autopian, Mergeician & Cyclopath from Richard Glover's "The Dag's Dictionary."

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COMMENTS:

Some cool words in that sentence - petaj, 2007-09-05: 03:10:00

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: trip-no-siss

Sentence: after years of taking the kids to their early morning swimming lessons, it became easy for me to get there via tripnosis

Etymology: trip, hypnosis

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i submitted tranceport thinking i was all clever but then when i checked on the words that came up last time for this definition i saw that tranceport had been done... - rikboyee, 2007-09-04: 03:23:00

good word. Defines a lot of travelling situations. You hae my vote. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-04: 23:34:00

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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)

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Created by: genemcl73

Pronunciation: sub lim no pilot

Sentence: I left work and got home and didn't even remember driving there, I was on sublimnopilot.

Etymology:

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: zo + nav + ih + gate

Sentence: I've gone this way so many times I can zonavigate it with my eyes closed. Which is how I usually do it.

Etymology: zone + navigate

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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"

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: nap-i-gay-shun

Sentence: Nerida's sleep apnoea was offset by her excellent napigation, so even when she dozed off at the wheel because of her sleep problems she was still able to win the Paris to Dakkar rally.

Etymology: navigation + nap

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COMMENTS:

Decades ago after the obligatory end-of-week get-together, I often wonder how I had got home. Now I know it was napigation! You have my vote. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-04: 23:30:00

great stuff - Lurky2000, 2007-09-05: 05:41:00

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Created by: tempest

Pronunciation: NAWT-o-pie-lut

Sentence: Bill snapped out of naughtopilot at the sound of the airhorn from the 18-wheeler behind him at the light.

Etymology: Naught + autopilot

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