parkavenue

parkavenue
 v.β€” Β«Out of the meeting, said Karidogiannis, came a new verbβ€”to “parkavenue” something, which was understood by all to mean embracing the tools of the Internet to support grassroots activism.Β» β€”β€œMerchants’ revolt brews” by David Johnston Gazette (Montreal, Canada) Mar. 5, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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