Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

driveway moment

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables: drive-way -mo-ment
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A brief compulsion to finish listening to something on the radio before leaving one's car.

Example Sentences

"I had another driveway moment today, this time listening to David Sedaris."
"For Paul Deering in Rochester, New York, the "Rhapsody In Blue" segment was a, quote, "driveway moment," although he writes that the transfixing occurred in his kitchen."

Etymology

Marketing coinage of NPR (National Public Radio), who used the phrase to encourage listeners to send in stories about what they had been listening to.

Inflected Forms

driveway moments (plural)

Phrases

NPR Driveway Moments

Frequently Paired Words

NPR Driveway Moments

Questions

What does driveway moment mean?: A brief compulsion to finish listening to something on the radio before leaving one's car.
Where does driveway moment come from?: Marketing coinage of NPR (National Public Radio), who used the phrase to encourage listeners to send in stories about what they had been listening to.

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