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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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Yodrivega
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: yoh-dryv-guh
Sentence: Her Yoga instructor advised her that she practice some poses at home, maybe a few hours per week between classes. Would yodrivega count as practice time?
Etymology: yoga (a Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity) + drive
Carobotic
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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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
Naughtopilot
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
Lucmanoeys
Created by: h4ste
Pronunciation: look-ma-no-eyes
Sentence: Keep your eyes on the road!! Its not as if you have lucmanoeys!!
Etymology: look + Ma + No + Eyes i thought of a kid riding his bicycle with no hands and showing it off to his mom. he said " LOOK MA!! NO HANDS!! "
Tripnosis
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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COMMENTS:
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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Luciddriving
Created by: Windy
Pronunciation: zzzz-I'm awake--zzzz
Sentence: It was just a matter of submitting to her subconscious; when Alice was luciddriving she could control the cruise control with her knees
Etymology: lucid dreaming
Sublimnopilot
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:
Zenigate
Created by: recessivejean
Pronunciation: Zen-uh-gayt
Sentence: I've no idea how she managed to zenigate rush hour traffic while fixing her makeup, talking on her phone, and flossing her teeth.
Etymology: zen/igate from zen + navigate