Verboticisms

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Park-oh-spot

Sentence: Around and around she goes...when all at once she spies...the perfect parkohspot in an overcrowded parking lot.

Etymology: Park- To put or leave (a vehicle) for a time in a certain location. Oh!- An exclamation expressive of surprise. Spot- A location; a locale.

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: hatch-bak-trak

Sentence: Emily drove at speed to her destination, noting all potential spots (bonus if she could park face out), before violently cranking the gear into reverse to hatchbacktrack to the closest space.

Etymology: hatchback (a type of vehicle) + backtrack (to go back over the same route)

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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)

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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: grahaff

Pronunciation: sharp park

Sentence: The IKEA parking lot was huge. We then saw the perfect sharppark and settled in.

Etymology: sharp (smart) park (park)

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Created by: trunktickle

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Created by: Sed8ed

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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: 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: 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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