driveway moment
A brief compulsion to finish listening to something on the radio before leaving one's carA brief compulsion to finish listening to something on the radio before leaving one's car.
Meaning
1 sensesA brief compulsion to finish listening to something on the radio before leaving one's car.
I had another driveway moment today, this time listening to David Sedaris.
Origin
Marketing coinage of NPR (National Public Radio), who used the phrase to encourage listeneMarketing 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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Forms
plural: driveway moments| Singular | driveway moment |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.