Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: park ayd

Sentence: When Melba drove to the mall, she always took her husband Melvin to act as her parkaide. He could find the closest spot to the entrance in a wink and if worse came to worse, he could whip out the old disabled parking sticker or pretend he was pregnant.

Etymology: Park (to maneuver a vehicle into a parking space) & Aide (someone/thing who acts as assistant) & Wordplay on Parkade (a multi-levelcar park)

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Created by: thefreewheeler

Pronunciation: park al is is

Sentence: Jen was parkalyzed from the head down but was able to get to the meeting just ten minutes late.

Etymology: park + paralysis.

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Created by: ratbastid

Pronunciation: Cir-cum-LOT-i-gate

Sentence: While all her friends were inside enjoying crumpets, scones, and tea, Fiona--ever the parking space snob--circumlotigated like a whale trapped in the Hudson River.

Etymology:

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: jeee spot

Sentence: She wasn't given to strong language but she screamed in delight when she found the gee spot

Etymology: gee as in "oh gee" g-spot as in erm...

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Created by: pepperpatti

Pronunciation: the way it looks: "sparkle" -s

Sentence: Linda didn't want to have to worry about walking with her bags after the big sale, so she parkled for 20 minutes.

Etymology: park (to stop your car in a designated spot) + circle (v., to go around in the shape of a circle)

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: stal-king-lot

Sentence: Marta expertly circumnavigated the stalkinglot on Black Friday morning. She knew that finding the best parking spot would take cunning and patience. She watched and waited for her quarry, shoppers who have been feeding on the sales, to come out of the mall, tired and loaded down with bargains. Her strategy was to follow them to their place, closely, but not too close, to claim their space. Idiling quietly she would wait for them to tuck away their booty while displaying her turn signals to fend off any other spot hunters lurking nearby. Posessing skill and a trained eye, she caught the small movement of a car with its backup lights up in the front of aisle J and began to position herself to intercept their place as soon as it was vacated. She waited calmly and turned on the signals to warn other drivers that the space was hers. The people took forever to settle down their toddlers and find their sunglasses, but the wait would be worth it. Finally, the vehicle backed slowly out of the space and she was about to claim her prize, when out of nowhere, a white minivan with the requisite soccer magnet appeared and boldly pulled into the space, right in front of her, denying her the victory. After a blast of the horn and some choice words and gestures, the spacehunter began to cruise the stalkinglot once again, waiting for another opportunity to catch the perfect space.

Etymology: stalking: to persue by tracking stealthily; to follow and observe + parking lot: a place you drive around in to lose your mind and/or religion on Black Friday, putting you into the proper disposition for the holiday season.

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: SER - kuhl - lerk

Sentence: Miranda was obsessed with finding the parking space the very nearest to her destination and she would circlelurk in the parking lot seemingly forever, waiting to pounce on a recently available spot.

Etymology: Blend of the verb 'circle' (to move in a circle round something) and 'lurk'.

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COMMENTS:

love the sound of this - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-15: 16:21:00

VERY snappy! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-15: 19:52:00

Terrific - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-16: 06:56:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: cruz-pa-troll

Sentence: It is so frustrating going to the grocery store with Mark. Sheesh! I could have milked a cow, gathered the eggs, and fried an omelet by the time he's done cruisepatrolling and storbiting the lot for the closest parking space.

Etymology: cruise control, patrol

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Created by: heb319

Pronunciation: loop eee park ub ses

Sentence: Although Susan was really just wasting time and gas, she was certain if she continued to loopyparkobesess long enough she would find the greatest parking space humanity had ever created.

Etymology: loop park obsess

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: En-cahm-park

Sentence: She encomparked the parking lot as many times as it would have took to walk from one end of the lot, to the store and then back again.

Etymology: Encompass (to circle) + park (bring vehicle to halt to stop temporarily)

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