highway hypnosis

noun

Etymology

Coined by G. W. Williams in 1963

Definitions

  1. An automatic mental state in which a person continues to drive a vehicle safely and…

    An automatic mental state in which a person continues to drive a vehicle safely and correctly but without the recollection of having done so.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for highway hypnosis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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