driveway moment

noun

A 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.”

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Meanings

noundriveway moment (plural driveway moments)

plural driveway moments

  1. A 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.

    1 more example

    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.

    [2000 March 5, Analysis: Letters from listeners (radio), via National Public Radio

Origin

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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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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