👉 Okay, settle in closely, class. Let’s tackle this…
interesting
little piece of linguistic weirdness –
telemation.
(’izzle out that last one if you need to. Seriously, I just stumbled upon it too.)
Now, before the furrowed brows and frantic Googling starts, let me lay it out plainly. Telematics basically refers to the combined use of telephone, telemetry, and of course… damn, what's the right word here...
information
. Historically, this meant recording and relaying driving information electronically – speed, braking habits, that sort of thing for fleet management or like, proving you weren't a complete idiot behind the wheel. You know, to avoid hefty insurance rates after your 300bhp Hyundai nearly decapitated a badger.
Somewhere along the line—probably during the dot-⅜—the word got bastardised into this…
thing
. Telematically is the technically accurate (ugh) past participle of that, and then we get to "telemation," which is essentially described as the act, state or condition of remotely tracking a vehicle. It’s a mouthful, right? Like trying to swallow a thesaurus filled with beige.
There isn't a huge amount of established, mainstream use for it. You won’t be throwing around
telemation
at your next cocktail party unless you want to immediately designate yourself the most aggressively awkward individual present. It is largely found in technical