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: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Transbortation: /transbôrtÄshÉ™n/ 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) Created by: artr.
Transitreverie: /tran sit rev er ree/ Charlie fell into his usual state of transitreverie the moment he sat on the bus. It was an hour long commute downtown from the sticks. He had tried reading books (always fell asleep after five minutes and often missed his stop) and tried doing work on paper or on his computer, but found it too noisy and bumpy to concentrate. Of late, he plugged in dreamy music and let his mind flow free. He imagined things about the passengers…like that cute girl in a trench coat might be a spy. (As if cute girl spies often took the bus to work). Or he imagined what he would do first when he won the lottery. Or that he’d invent something really clever or that he’d find the girl of his dreams. Yes, Charlie looked forward to his hours of daily dreaming. One day he got busy and wrote a song about it, made a bundle on his hit and his song became an anthem for commuters all over the land. Wake up, Charlie and drive properly…you are going to have an accident driving this bus if you don’t stop your transitreverie! Etymology: Transit (commute;make a passage or journey from one place to another;pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place) & Reverie (absent-minded dreaming while awake) Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Transitreverie:
petaj, 2010-01-28: 06:11:00
Comacommuters everywhere will be listening to that song on their ipods.
Tranceportation: /trance-por-ta-tion/ Joel always got lost in the city’s tranceportation system. He would daydream right past his stop, sometimes for blocks. It wasn’t because he didn’t know where he was going, he just didn’t know where he was. Etymology: trance: detatchment from one’s physical surroundings, as in a daydream; semiconscious state as if in a daze or dream + transportation: a means of conveyance Created by: mrskellyscl.
Comacommute: /co-ma-co-MYOO-ta/ He was a coma, comacommuter, with ipod in his ears and abstracted kind of sneer.
He had no idea, he’d gone past central, he just blankly stared ahead, fellow travellers thought him dead. Etymology: Sung to the tune of Copa Copacabana. You all know what a coma is, and what a commuter is. Created by: petaj.
Comments on Comacommute:
petaj, 2010-01-28: 06:10:00
Please sing the next line…mrskellyscl, 2010-01-28: 09:05:00
Terrific – although you planted an earworm and I’m going to have it all day.Nosila, 2010-01-28: 09:15:00
His name was Rico, he worked for Ricoh, but that was four years ago when he used to have a job. Now it’s a commute but not for Rico, he just rides around all days in a transitory daze…Koekbroer, 2010-01-28: 11:38:00
I thought it was Karma Chameleon by Culture Club
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