Verboticisms

Created by: Lurky2000

Pronunciation: Sense-ah-vashun

Sentence: Moving into 3rd gear, she sensavated her way home while reading the newspaper

Etymology:

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Created by: PeePaw00

Pronunciation: cast-a-net-ah-vah-gay-shun

Sentence: The desert highway was empty, and in my state of mind only castanetivigation could help me reach my ultimate destination.

Etymology: Cast-a-net (and/or Carlos Castaneda) + navigation

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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: 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: 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: HarryLimeJuice

Pronunciation: aw-toh-KNOW-ses

Sentence: Stacy had a major case of autonosis when, driving from Denver to Atlanta, she ended up without gas in an empty parking lot.

Etymology: Derived from the slang for automobile, or auto, and the cognitive state suffix -nosis.

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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

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Created by: noztril

Pronunciation: yo - dōz

Sentence: The flight attendant announced the red-eye was piloted by two of the most gifted practitioners of yodoz.

Etymology: yo - to indicate attentiveness + doze - To sleep lightly and intermittently

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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: 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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