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'Oh! There's a spot!'

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.

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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.

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Parkabout

Created by: trunktickle

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Circumparalyze

Created by: illaphilla

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Etymology: circle + parallel/paralyze

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Walthargy

Created by: HubbMU

Pronunciation: wal-thar-gy

Sentence: My sense of walthargy keeps me from parking in the back.

Etymology: Wal-Mart, due to its largess of parking (and people), and lethargy.

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Parkadise

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: park ah diess

Sentence: the pilgrim must go aroung the perimiter thrice brfore entering the inner sanctum, chanting the mantra seven times while looking in the rearview mirror, whereupon the pure hearted will find parkadise

Etymology: paradise park

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Circulotting

samandrach

Created by: samandrach

Pronunciation: serk'you'lot'ing

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

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Parkanoia

Created by: muddy

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Parculate

Created by: benjamin

Pronunciation: par-cue-late

Sentence: "Just pick a spot further out. I don't want to sit here and parculate all day."

Etymology: Park + Percolate

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Parkticular

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: park/tic/you/lar

Sentence: A parkticular person will circle endlessly until they find the perfect spot.

Etymology: park + particular

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Sharppark

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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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-03: 02:10:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-03: 14:00:00
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.