Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malparkage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mal-park-age
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act of parking a vehicle illegally.

Humorous; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Lisa Simpson (reading letter): Dear motorist. Your vehicle is illegally parked in the borough of Manhattan. If you do not remedy this malparkage within 72 hours, your car will be thrown into the East River at your expense."
"Coupled with said customer's malparkage in the handicapped zone right in front of the door, this will usually create an atmosphere of tense, suspect aversion."
"Supposedly, regular mortals have to shell out $50 for presumptuous malparkage among the elite."

Etymology

From mal- + park + -age. Perhaps introduced in the animated TV series The Simpsons; see Citations:malparkage.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mal-
Suffix: park

Usage

Questions

What does malparkage mean?: An act of parking a vehicle illegally.
Where does malparkage come from?: From mal- + park + -age. Perhaps introduced in the animated TV series The Simpsons; see Citations:malparkage.

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