"aparcalypse"?

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Jul 17, 2011, at 8:27 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

>
> 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.)

actually, Aparkalypse.  added, along with the computer game Aporkalypse: Pigs of Doom, in a comment to my "For the Angelenos" posting.

arnold

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