"aparcalypse"?

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Sun Jul 17 15:27:59 UTC 2011


At 7/16/2011 10:23 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>"Carpocalypse" and "Aparcalypse" have also been seen/heard.

"Aparcalypse" -- from a- [not] and "park"?  meaning something like
"the time when cars on the 405 during rush hour will not seem to be
parked"?  (That is, will not be seen to be not moving.)

Clever -- unless I've mistook the etymology.

Joel

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