{"id":67,"date":"2007-05-03T23:59:31","date_gmt":"2007-05-04T03:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=67"},"modified":"2007-05-03T23:59:31","modified_gmt":"2007-05-04T03:59:31","slug":"oh-theres-a-spot-but-is-it-close-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=67","title":{"rendered":"Oh! There&#8217;s a spot! But is it close enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> 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.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/lists\/images\/jimage\/parking.png\" alt=\"Oh! There's a spot! But is it close enough?\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Vehiciouscircle<\/strong>:  \/<em>vee-HISH-us-circle<\/em>\/ Gloria&#8217;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. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  vicious circle + vehicle <em>Created by:<\/em> petaj.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Carouselect<\/strong>:  \/<em>ker-us-seh-lekt<\/em>\/ To carouselect can prove to be very dangerous if you suffer from vertigo. Sue often spun in circles around her car after she&#8217;d found the perfect spot <em>Etymology:<\/em>  carousel (merry go round) + select <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Storbit<\/strong>:  \/<em>store-bit<\/em>\/ I would have been to the mall 4 hours ago, but Mom was stuck in storbit waiting for the perfect spot. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Store + Orbit <em>Created by:<\/em> paperhoard.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Cruisepatrol<\/strong>:  \/<em>cruz-pa-troll<\/em>\/ 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&#8217;s done cruisepatrolling and storbiting the lot for the closest parking space. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  cruise control, patrol <em>Created by:<\/em> purpleartichokes.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=parking\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=parking<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">Be Creative,<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">James<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/\/\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: 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. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Vehiciouscircle: \/vee-HISH-us-circle\/ Gloria&#8217;s vehiciouscircling enraged everyone else in the car. Her passengers could not convince her that she was just trading &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=67\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Oh! There&#8217;s a spot! But is it close enough?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,3,4,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}