parkavenue
v.— «Out of the meeting, said Karidogiannis, came a new verb—to “parkavenue” something, which was understood by all to mean embracing the tools of the Internet to support grassroots activism.» —“Merchants’ revolt brews” by David Johnston Gazette (Montreal, Canada) Mar. 5, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Many of us struggled with the Old English poem “Beowulf” in high school. But what if you could actually hear “Beowulf” in the English of today? There’s a new translation by Maria Dahvana Headley that uses contemporary...
In the 15th century, the word respair meant “to have hope again.” Although this word fell out of use, it’s among dozens collected in a new book of soothing vocabulary for troubled times. Plus, baseball slang: If a batter...