Similar to necking, parking is a slang term for “the act of kissing and caressing in a parked car.” This usage was most popular in the '40s and '50s, likely due to the rise of car culture and drive-in movie theaters changing the landscape of dating.
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A: Yes, “car park” is the usual term in the UK for what is referred to as a “parking lot” in the US, though “car park” is not unknown to Americans, nor “parking lot” to the British.
Why do Americans call it a parking lot? In the USA and Canada the word lot can mean an area of land set aside for some purpose, in this case for the parking of vehicles.
a. : an enclosed piece of ground stocked with game and held by royal prescription or grant. b. : a tract of land that often includes lawns, woodland, and pasture attached to a country house and is used as a game preserve and for recreation.
A multistorey car park (British and Singapore English) or parking garage (American English), also called a multistory, parking building, parking structure, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck or indoor parking, is a building designed for car, motorcycle and bicycle parking and where there are a number ...
A multistorey car park (British and Singapore English) or parking garage (American English), also called a multistory, parking building, parking structure, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck or indoor parking, is a building designed for car, motorcycle and bicycle parking and where there are a number ...
Parking is used to describe a general location where cars can be parked (There is parking out front.) or as a verb (I'll be there shortly; I am parking). A parking lot brings to mind a flat, open surface area.