Home » Dictionary » booth turnaround

booth turnaround

booth turnaround
 n.— «One of their ideas was a lockdown procedure commonly called “booth turnaround.” In the event of a child going missing, personnel secure the entrance and exit points and do not allow patrons to leave until police arrive.» —“Waterparks working on kinapping response plan” by Trevor Kupfe WiscNews.com (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin) May 9, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Further reading

Kiss the Cow (episode #1567)

An anadrome is a word that forms a whole new word when you spell it backwards. For example, the word “stressed” spelled backwards is “desserts.” Some people’s first names are anadromes. There’s the girl named Noel...

Mudlarking (episode #1561)

Twice a day the River Thames recedes, revealing a muddy shoreline. Hobbyists known as mudlarks stroll the surface searching for objects that have found their way into the river over the centuries, everything from ancient Roman jewelry to modern...