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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.
Verboticisms
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Laheyz
Created by: petersn1
Pronunciation: lay-z
Sentence: I can't walk too far because of my laheyz ass.
Etymology:
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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Circumparkalyze
Created by: Pasicheio
Pronunciation: Sir-Kum-Park-A-Lies
Sentence: Anne spent more than ten minutes circumparkalyzing just to avoid getting wet in the rain
Etymology: Circumnavigate; Park; Analyze
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
Handilapped
Created by: MemyselfnI
Pronunciation: han-dee-lapped
Sentence: Larry had the nearly completed listening to the entire Beatles White album waiting for that perfect spot, at the same time being handilapped by hundreds of shoppers.
Etymology: Handicapped - lapped These folks who require handicap like parking, ultimately get lapped by all other reasonable parkers.
Cosyparker
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Co-zee-par-ker
Sentence: Being a serious cosyparker, Mel would circle the parking lot for ages finding just the right space to park, (as near to her destination as possible). After all, it would not only save time, being a little on the lazy side it would save her having to walk too far as well.
Etymology: Cosy (not offering challenge or difficulty) + Parker - someone who parks,(a car) = Cosyparker
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-15: 12:15:00
Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-16: 06:55:00
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Parkinlots
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)
Circumnearthegate
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: sir/cum/near/the/gate
Sentence: Although Polly was tempted to park in the disabled spaces and put on a limp, her better nature forced her to circumnearthegate again in search of a more legitimate space.
Etymology: circumnavigate (to navigate in a circle) + near the gate (to save the shoe-wear)
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COMMENTS:
good in a roundabout way. - galwaywegian, 2007-05-03: 05:23:00
funny! - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-03: 11:03:00
Nicely done! - HubbMU, 2007-05-03: 12:39:00
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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.