Paul Blart

noun

A mall security guard, especially one considered self-serious or hostile.

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Meanings

nounPaul Blart (plural Paul Blarts)

plural Paul Blarts

  1. USinformalbusinessA mall security guard, especially one considered self-serious or hostile.

    I saw one fat Paul Blart and one police officer

    2023 December 12, Crankbait, Carolina Firearms Forum
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    So within a couple minutes of my walking up to the inner fence (there's a short outer one to keep cars out which doesn't continue to the dirt) Paul Blart himself showed up to tell me to back off!

    2009 May 22, TheDamnMushroom, “dead mall 1”, in Flickr.com

    And even then, Paul Blart would likely be occupied with stopping the kids who were skateboarding through THE MALL CONCOURSE!

    2018 July 21, “Regal Cinemas at St Louis Mills. The only real draw for the mall now a days.”, in Reddit

Origin

From the titular character of the Paul Blart: Mall Cop series of movies.

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APA

Paul Blart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paul%20Blart

MLA

“Paul Blart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paul%20Blart. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Paul Blart,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paul%20Blart.

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