circus parking
n.— «It became a real military exercise when parking generators, worktrucks, and trailers near access points to locations while ensuring that crew members did not become lost between circus parking and location.» —by Louisa Gradnitzer, Todd Pittson in Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia X Marks the Spot: On location with the X-files , 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The words tough, through, and dough all end in O-U-G-H. So why don’t they rhyme? A lively new book addresses the many quirks of English by explaining the history of words and phrases. And: have you ever been in a situation where a group makes...
When there’s no evening meal planned at home, what do you call that scramble to cobble together your own dinner? Some people apply acronyms like YOYO — “you’re on your own” — or CORN, for “Clean Out your Refrigerator...