{"id":1564,"date":"2012-10-30T12:05:35","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T16:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2012-10-30T12:05:35","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T16:05:35","slug":"comamuter-did-i-miss-my-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1564","title":{"rendered":"Comamuter: Did I miss my stop?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em>, A semi-conscious state experienced by early morning commuters on a subway, bus or car. <em>v.<\/em>, To mentally transport oneself in the opposite direction of which you are traveling.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/commute.gif\" alt=\"Did I miss my stop?\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comamuter<\/strong>:  \/<em>koh-muh-myoo-ter<\/em>\/ Jay is a comamuter. He opens his eyes just enough to find his way to the bus stop. He sticks in the earbuds and continues whatever dream was interrupted by that lousy alarm clock hoping to not drool too much. If they ever repair the pothole on the block before his stop he might stay on the bus all day. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  coma (a state of prolonged unconsciousness) + commuter (<br \/>\na person who commutes,  especially between home and work) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Comamuter:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=libertybelle\">libertybelle<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2012-10-26: 14:08:00<\/em> <br \/>ha ha  -you beat me to it!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Tranceportation<\/strong>:  \/<em>trans-por-TAY-shun<\/em>\/ Over the many years he&#8217;s been riding the metro to and from work, Larson has developed a remarkable tranceportation technique wherein he can experience a vacation on the beaches of Australia instead of enduring the humdrum daily communte. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Play on the word &#8216;transportation&#8217; using &#8216;trance&#8217; (n. (a state of complete mental absorption or deep musing) <em>Created by:<\/em> Mustang.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Tranceportation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=libertybelle\">libertybelle<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2012-10-26: 14:09:00<\/em> <br \/>good one!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=DrWebsterIII\">DrWebsterIII<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2012-10-26: 15:22:00<\/em> <br \/>got my vote<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Transitdentalism<\/strong>:  \/<em>tran sit dent all ism<\/em>\/ When Jackie had to do his one hour bus commute each way to his work, he was able to zone out and use transitdentalism to lift his mind to a nicer place and time. He was proud of his illogistical skills which shortened his gruelling travel time. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Transit (make a passage or journey from one place to another) &amp; Transcedentalism (any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material)<br \/>\n <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Triphypdozis<\/strong>:  \/<em>tripp-hipp-doe-ziss<\/em>\/ Trevor had given up trying to fight his triphypdozis and now saw his morning commute as an opportunity to dream things he probably shouldn&#8217;t be dreaming in public. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Trip, (journey, commute) + hypnosis, (mesmirism, inducing of trance) + doze, (nap, sleep)= triphypdozis. (Hmm sounds like it might be a pharmaceutical. A sleeping tablet probably.) O_o <em>Created by:<\/em> Rhyme79.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Triphypdozis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=DrWebsterIII\">DrWebsterIII<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2012-10-26: 15:20:00<\/em> <br \/>funny   I would buy that pill for the plane<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=commute\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=commute<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative, <\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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) Comamuter: \/koh-muh-myoo-ter\/ Jay is a comamuter. He opens his eyes just enough to find his way to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1564\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Comamuter: Did I miss my stop?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}