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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.
Parkadise
Top verboticism of the day 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
Created by: galwaywegian.
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Storbit: /stor bit/ When Venus Houston went to the mall, she would drive around for hours to get the closest spot to her final destination. In other words, she would storbit around rows of vehicles before she came in for a landing in a spot that was not for the disabled/seniors/taxis/young parents. She figured that these storbits were her mission and why they called a free spot a parking "space". Houston, we have a problem... Etymology: Store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services) & Orbit ( the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another) Created by: Nosila.
Circularider: // Etymology: Created by: AnnieChandon.
Parkulate: /PARK-yew-layt/ Madge was such a stickler for perfection even when looking for a parking space, and not wanting to lose even a few steps she would parkulate endlessly looking for just the right spot. Etymology: Blend of words 'park' (An area of land set aside for public use) and 'circulate' (v. To move in or flow through a circle or circuit) Created by: Mustang.
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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.