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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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Motorioty
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: moto ry ot ee
Sentence: Mustang Sally, guess you better slow your Mustang down. Mustang Sally now Baby, guess you're known for your motorioty. All you wanna do is drive around, Sally... drive, Sally, drive. One of these early mornings,you gonna be wipin' those weepin' eyes, cause some other dude will park in your favourite spot and that's no lies. Mustang Sally, now Baby, get up early and beat that dude there!
Etymology: Motor (travel or be transported in a vehicle) & Riot (disturb the public peace) & Notoriety (the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality) Play on the tune "Mustang Sally", by Wilson Pickett...sorry, mrskellyscl, for planting another oldie in your head!!!
Parkadise
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
Cruisepatrol
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: cruz-pa-troll
Sentence: 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's done cruisepatrolling and storbiting the lot for the closest parking space.
Etymology: cruise control, patrol
Recarnnoiter
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: REH car NOY ter
Sentence: Stacy carefully recarnnoitered the terrain, searching for the one perfect spot that would land her closest to the mall entrance. It didn't do her any good in the end, though, because when she left, after closing, she went out the wrong side of the mall and the door locked behind her. She had to walk halfway around the mall in the dark, through ice and snow, with her big packages, to find her car. "Next time," she thought to herself, "I'm going to do more careful recarnnaissance before I park."
Etymology: car + reconnoiter
Curbvana
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kərbvänə
Sentence: 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.
Etymology: curb (a stone or concrete edging to a street or path) + nirvana (a state of perfect happiness; an ideal or idyllic place)
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COMMENTS:
cute - Nosila, 2009-11-20: 01:15:00
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Circumparkulate
Created by: overgroove
Pronunciation: Sir-cum-park-you-late.
Sentence: Eyes puckered and her hands white on the steering wheel, Linda McPale, circumparkulated outside the local Walmart.
Etymology: Derived from the latin circum meaning to inscribe or define a circle and the English park, meaning to set ones car in a stationary state.
Cartyr
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
Carouselect
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ker/us/seh/lekt
Sentence: To carouselect can prove to be very dangerous if you suffer from vertigo. Sue often spun in circles around her car after she'd found the perfect spot
Etymology: carousel (merry go round) + select
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COMMENTS:
Good one. Sounds like she needs a lapperscopy. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-03: 07:22:00
ha ha or her very own retreadmill - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-03: 11:01:00
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Parkingsloth
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: par-king-sl-o-t
Sentence: The parking sloth waited patiently while the old woman stored her groceries even though there were spaces a plenty ten yards away.
Etymology: parking- to park a vehicle sloth- animal famed for avoiding physical exertion
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COMMENTS:
Great word! I was trying to do one with vultures, but sloth works nicely! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-03: 10:46:00
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Comments:
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.
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.