grot spot

grot spot
 n.β€”Gloss: “Grot” means “dirt” or “rubbish” and rhymes with “spot” and is not commonly found in North American English. Β«The cul-de-sac has been branded as one of five dilapidated grot spots in the city up for a vote by members of the public as the first to be tackled by offenders enrolled on the community payback scheme.Β» β€”β€œβ€˜Our cul-de-sac is no grot spot’” by Marie Baker Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England, UK) Apr. 21, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

Leave a comment

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

Further reading

Forty-Eleven Zillion (episode #1579)

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 β€” “you’re on your own” β€” or CORN, for “Clean Out your Refrigerator...

Mystery Date (episode #1577)

A librarian opens a book and finds a mysterious invitation scribbled on the back of a business card. Another discovers a child’s letter to the Tooth Fairy, tucked into a book decades ago. What stories are left untold by these forgotten...

Recent posts