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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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Circummate
Created by: mustilicor
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Intent on avoiding inconvenience, she circummated endlessly about the lot like a woman with a severe inner ear infection.
Etymology: circum - circle; mat - motion
Autoprowl
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: AW-toh-proul
Sentence: Once she realized there were no available handicapped spaces, Linda began to autoprowl. (Could be used as a noun as well.)
Etymology: auto + prowl
Parkaide
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)
Parksnickety
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /pahrk-SNIK-i-tee/
Sentence: On their sixth lap around the parking lot, Lois decided that Mike was just too parksnickety. They'd been driving in circles for almost ten minutes now, but it would have taken little more than a minute to walk across the entire parking lot. Mike had passed up every empty spot further than ten spaces away from the front door of the department store, and cursed every time someone else pulled in before he could get there. She just sighed and rubbed her temples again — Mike never won at Parking Lot Bingo, and she knew that asking him to park further out would only start an argument.
Etymology: Park - to place or leave a vehicle in a certain location (from Old English, pearruc "paddock") + Persnickety - requiring painstaking care; overparticular; fussy (extended form of Scottish, pernicky; of uncertain origin, possibly from 'particular')
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COMMENTS:
like it - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-15: 16:19:00
A word I can use in the future!! - Mustang, 2008-07-15: 19:45:00
Lovely. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-16: 06:56:00
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Parkfect
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /pɑɹkˈfɛkt/
Sentence: The quest for parkfection is not easy, my student; it requires acute awareness, patience, and a complete lack of common sense.
Etymology: From park + perfect
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COMMENTS:
You got it right ErWenn, I will follow you... - wordmeister, 2007-05-03: 03:05:00
Great word AND sentence! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-03: 04:53:00
Thanks! Coming from you guys, that really means something. (Not sure what, though.) - ErWenn, 2007-05-03: 13:37:00
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Parkingsloth
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: par-king-sl-o-t
Sentence: The parking sloth waited patiently while the old woman stored her groceries even though there were spaces a plenty ten yards away.
Etymology: parking- to park a vehicle sloth- animal famed for avoiding physical exertion
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COMMENTS:
Great word! I was trying to do one with vultures, but sloth works nicely! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-03: 10:46:00
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Cruisepatrol
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
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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COMMENTS:
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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Parkulate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: PARK-yew-layt
Sentence: Madge was such a stickler for perfection even when looking for a parking space, and not wanting to lose even a few steps she would parkulate endlessly looking for just the right spot.
Etymology: Blend of words 'park' (An area of land set aside for public use) and 'circulate' (v. To move in or flow through a circle or circuit)
Circumlotigate
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:
Comments:
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.
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.