Verboticism: Parkingsloth

'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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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: Parkingsloth

purpleartichokes - 2007-05-03: 10:46:00
Great word! I was trying to do one with vultures, but sloth works nicely!