{"id":800,"date":"2009-11-23T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T17:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=800"},"modified":"2009-11-23T12:00:05","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T17:00:05","slug":"parkximity-oh-theres-a-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=800","title":{"rendered":"Parkximity: Oh! There&#8217;s a spot!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> 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. <em>n.<\/em> A perfect parking spot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/parking.gif\" alt=\"Oh! There's a spot!\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parkximity<\/strong>:  \/<em>park &#8211; xim &#8211; it &#8211; ee<\/em>\/ Laura found a perfect spot in parkximity to the shopping center.  She drove around awhile to find it, but it was worth it. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  park, proximity <em>Created by:<\/em> mweinmann.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Parkximity:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=galwaywegian\">galwaywegian<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-11-19: 09:39:00<\/em> <br \/>nice<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-11-19: 17:32:00<\/em> <br \/>good one<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Motorioty<\/strong>:  \/<em>moto ry ot ee<\/em>\/ Mustang Sally, guess you better slow your Mustang down. Mustang Sally now Baby, guess you&#8217;re known for your motorioty. All you wanna do is drive around, Sally&#8230; drive, Sally, drive. One of these early mornings,you gonna be wipin&#8217; those weepin&#8217; eyes, cause some other dude will park in your favourite spot and that&#8217;s no lies. Mustang Sally, now Baby, get up early and beat that dude there! <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Motor (travel or be transported in a vehicle) &amp; Riot (disturb the public peace) &amp; Notoriety (the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality)<br \/>\nPlay on the tune &#8220;Mustang Sally&#8221;, by Wilson Pickett&#8230;sorry, mrskellyscl, for planting another oldie in your head!!!  <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parkadise<\/strong>:  \/<em>park a die ssss<\/em>\/ 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. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  paradise park <em>Created by:<\/em> galwaywegian.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curbvana<\/strong>:  \/<em>k\u00c9\u2122rbv\u00c3\u00a4n\u00c9\u2122<\/em>\/ Ralph is always looking for the perfect parking spot. He is constantly seeking curbvana. Like a vulture circling some roadside carrion he will stalk shoppers as they returned to the parking lot. Some shoppers are so un-nerved by him creeping along behind them that they will forget where they parked or will return to the Mall to have a security guard escort them to their cars.  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  curb (a stone or concrete edging to a street or path) + nirvana (a state of perfect happiness; an ideal or idyllic place) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Curbvana:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-11-20: 01:15:00<\/em> <br \/>cute<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=parking\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=parking<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative, <\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Parkximity: \/park &#8211; xim &#8211; it &#8211; ee\/ Laura found a perfect spot in parkximity &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=800\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Parkximity: Oh! There&#8217;s a spot!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800"}],"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=800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}