{"id":434,"date":"2008-08-28T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2008-08-28T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=434"},"modified":"2008-08-28T11:00:02","modified_gmt":"2008-08-28T15:00:02","slug":"stunrun-did-i-miss-my-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=434","title":{"rendered":"Stunrun: Did I miss my stop?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> n.<\/em>, A semi-conscious state experienced by early morning commuters on a subway or bus. v. intr.<\/em>, To mentally transport oneself in the opposite direction of which you are traveling.<\/p>\n

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VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Stunrun<\/strong>: \/STUN-ruhn<\/em>\/ Although Bruce was fortified with a triple king-sized coffee and a fistful of No-doze, he was not looking forward to the morning STUNRUN. Reading was out of the question… the last time he tried that, he woke up at the end of the line with creases on his face. As he watched the bleak byways of industrial desolation crawl by, he remembered a STUNRUN he took a while back. Catching himself in a commuter’s REM state, he hastily got off at the wrong stop and found himself in an unfinished, uninhabited proto-terminal in the Hackensack Marshlands. He wore out his patent leather Florsheim shoes that grim day just walking back to the fringes of civilization, and he wasn’t eager to repeat that particular nighmare anytime soon. Getting home at the end of the day was bad enough, but the morning STUNRUN was just marginally more fun than a bone marrow transplant. And today was only MONDAY! Etymology:<\/em> STUN+RUN=STUNRUN…..stun: to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by repeated blows-Middle English stonen, stunen, from Anglo-French estoner …..run: the distance covered in a period of continuous traveling or commuting b: a course or trip especially if traveled with regularity- Created by:<\/em> metrohumanx.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Stunrun:<\/strong><\/p>\n

metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-08-26: 01:00:00<\/em>
It gets worse-MUCH worse:
\nhttp:\/\/www.forgotten-ny.com\/<\/p>\n

metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-08-26: 06:52:00<\/em>
This is WAY too much fun !<\/p>\n

Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-08-26: 20:49:00<\/em>
Good word, but thanks to you and that OzzieBob, I now have that Kingston Trio MTA Song circling the tunnels of my mind!<\/p>\n

metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-08-27: 01:07:00<\/em>
Just sing “Sloop John B.” until it goes away, N….<\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-08-27: 04:23:00<\/em>
Fantastic<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Transitdentalmeditation<\/strong>: \/tranz-it-den-tal-med-i-tay-shun<\/em>\/ I find the transitdentalmeditation technique is the most effective way to remove the stress of the daily commute while bringing fulfillment and contentment to life – it is achieved by gently gritting your teeth to absorb the vibrations of the subway track – no drooling allowed! Etymology:<\/em> transit + dental + transcendental meditation Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Transitdentalmeditation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

astorey<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-08-26: 10:57:00<\/em>
very nice!<\/p>\n

Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-08-26: 20:43:00<\/em>
Great minds think alike…I had picked that word first but thought it too long…guess I should have followed that train of thought!<\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-08-27: 04:49:00<\/em>
Now i know the word for the feeling I had as child whilst on the “tooth-rack” railway in Tasmanis.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Tranceportation<\/strong>: \/transs – port – ay – shun<\/em>\/ While riding the metro to and from his work Melvin had developed remarkable tranceportation techniques wherein he could believe he was on vacation in Hawaii rather than on the bus in Portland. Etymology:<\/em> Play on the word transportation with the inclusion of the word ‘trance’ (a state of complete mental absorption or deep musing) Created by:<\/em> Mustang.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Tranceportation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-08-26: 20:45:00<\/em>
Excellent word…<\/p>\n

metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-08-27: 01:00:00<\/em>
When you awake, you will remember nothing…..<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Elevitation<\/strong>: \/EL-ev-i-tay-shun<\/em>\/ Passing through Chicago’s “Gold Coast” on the Brown Line trains, Cassie gazed mindlessly into the million dollar condos–bargain-priced because of their proximity to the el–and entered an advanced state of elevitation. She imagined herself sipping gourmet coffee made by a machine worth more than she gets paid in a week, reading the New York Times and sharing interesting tidbits with her fabulously wealthy (and good looking) husband. Cassie’s elevitation was so powerful that she suddenly discovered she had ridden the train all the way around the downtown Loop and was passing those same condos again, on the other side of the train. Etymology:<\/em> El as in elevated train, as it is especially known in Chicago, combined with levitation–To lift or raise a physical object in apparent defiance of gravity. Created by:<\/em> astorey.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Elevitation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-08-26: 12:53:00<\/em>
great paragraph<\/p>\n

metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-08-27: 01:10:00<\/em>
WOW! That’s what I love to read. This challenge was one of the BEST! Good work, Astorey.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

\nhttps:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=commute<\/a><\/p>\n

Be Creative, <\/p>\n

James<\/p>\n

www.verbotomy.com<\/a>
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DEFINITION: n., A semi-conscious state experienced by early morning commuters on a subway or bus. v. intr., To mentally transport oneself in the opposite direction of which you are traveling. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Stunrun: \/STUN-ruhn\/ Although Bruce was fortified with a triple king-sized coffee and a fistful of No-doze, he … Continue reading Stunrun: Did I miss my stop?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,93,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434"}],"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=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}