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'Oh! There's a spot!'

DEFINITION: v. To drive around in circles in a parking lot, so that you can save time by finding the closest possible space to your final destination. n. A perfect parking spot.

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Carouselect

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: care/us/sell/ect

Sentence: To carouselect can prove to be very dangerous if you suffer from vertigo. Sue often spun in circles around her car after she'd found the perfect spot.

Etymology: carousel (merry go round) + select

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metrohumanx Smooooth! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-15: 19:49:00

The experience doesn't seem so merry. Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-16: 07:04:00

The experience doesn't seem so merry. Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-16: 07:04:00

The experience doesn't seem so merry. Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-16: 07:04:00

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Parkticular

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: park-tik-you-lur

Sentence: Jill had her coupons in hand for the huge sale. If she hadn't been so parkticular about getting the closest parking space, she might have got in the store before it closed.

Etymology: park, particular

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Walthargy

Created by: HubbMU

Pronunciation: wal-thar-gy

Sentence: My sense of walthargy keeps me from parking in the back.

Etymology: Wal-Mart, due to its largess of parking (and people), and lethargy.

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Parkinlots

ohwtepph

Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: par - kin - lots

Sentence: These boots are made for walking, that's what they should do. Or if you think otherwise, you suffer from Parkinlot's.

Etymology: park + lot + Parkinson's disease (degenerative disorder impairing the victim's motor skills)

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Fanfan

Created by: fanfan

Pronunciation: F.A.N.F.A.N

Sentence: french

Etymology: françois

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nickname - fanfan, 2007-05-03: 04:55:00

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Spotwagging

Created by: foxwerx

Pronunciation: spot + wag + ing

Sentence: Your foolhardy spotwagging is going to make us late for the movie.

Etymology: parking spot + tail wagging

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Spacify

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: spac/i/fy

Sentence: Jenny's ability to spacify in large urban parking lots is a must to save time and energy. She meanders the aisles closest to the entrances spacifying all possibilities. She is an expert spacifyer.

Etymology: SPACIFY - verb - from SPACE (a place available for a particular purpose) + IDENTIFY (to recognize, or establish as being a particular thing)

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Parkabout

Created by: trunktickle

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Spotclocking

Created by: Coltsfan87x17

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Sentence: The woman was spotclocking when she went grocery shopping so she woudnt miss her hair apointment.

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Parculate

Created by: benjamin

Pronunciation: par-cue-late

Sentence: "Just pick a spot further out. I don't want to sit here and parculate all day."

Etymology: Park + Percolate

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-03: 02:10:00
Today's definition was suggested by jedijawa.
Thank you jedijawa! ~ James

jedijawa - 2007-05-03: 13:31:00
This one was inspired by my dad who did this all the time when I was growing up. My word for it is lotvulture.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-03: 14:00:00
The scarey part is when lotvultures dive in for the kill. Especially when two of them are going for the same spot. ~ James

Mustang - 2008-07-15: 19:45:00
Good one.