Verboticisms

Created by: playdohheart

Pronunciation: car-ter

Sentence: I would rather drive for hours then to go against my belief that walking is hard and I shouldn't have to do it.

Etymology: martyr, car

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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.

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: sayve de shews crews

Sentence: she was twenty minutes into her savedeshoescruise, determined to put as little mileage on her jimmychoos until all of her friends had adored them.

Etymology: save the shoes cruise.

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COMMENTS:

What a farcicarl situation. - petaj, 2007-05-03: 05:19:00

this made me laugh - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-03: 11:05:00

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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: 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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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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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: vee-HISH-us-circle

Sentence: Gloria's vehiciouscircling enraged everyone else in the car. Her passengers could not convince her that she was just trading off shoe leather for gas. But she was determined to outmanoeuvre the other vehiciouscirclers for the best spot, even if it led to a fender bender.

Etymology: vicious circle + vehicle

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COMMENTS:

ridehiculous - galwaywegian, 2007-05-03: 05:21:00

another inspired word - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-03: 11:06:00

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Created by: samandrach

Pronunciation: serk'you'lot'ing

Sentence: There were so many cars in the lot, we were circulotting for hours.

Etymology:

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: park a die ssss

Sentence: After circling for three hours he found parkadise, a nirvana for his van within inches of the gas station which he would need after the game.

Etymology: paradise park

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: spac/i/fy

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

Etymology: space + identify

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