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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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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

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Bumperstalking

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: bəmpərstôkng

Sentence: Joyce is an expert at bumperstalking. As people leave a store she will pull in behind them to follow them back to their car. She creeps up so close to some people that they jump and scream when she brushes the back of their legs. Once they pass the 5th car in line she drops them like a bad habit and circles around for another victim.

Etymology: bumper (a horizontal bar fixed across the front or back of a motor vehicle to reduce damage in a collision) + stalking (pursue or approach stealthily)

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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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Parkanoia

Created by: muddy

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Spotclocking

Created by: Coltsfan87x17

Pronunciation:

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

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Geespot

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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Parkalysis

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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Parkonaut

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: park + ah + naught

Sentence: He's such a parkanaut - he'll orbit the parking lot 42 times if he has to, just to save himself 30 feet of walking.

Etymology: park + astronaut

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Circumparkulate

Created by: overgroove

Pronunciation: Sir-cum-park-you-late.

Sentence: Eyes puckered and her hands white on the steering wheel, Linda McPale, circumparkulated outside the local Walmart.

Etymology: Derived from the latin circum meaning to inscribe or define a circle and the English park, meaning to set ones car in a stationary state.

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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)

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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.