Meanings
- humorousrareuncountableAn act of parking a vehicle illegally.
Supposedly, regular mortals have to shell out $50 for presumptuous malparkage among the elite.
2010 February 8, Sean Michael Ragan, “UC Berkeley has 'Nobel Laureate Only' parking spaces”, in Make, archived from the original on 26 Jan 20212 more examples
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.
1997 21 September, Ian Maxtone-Graham, "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson", episode 9-1 of The Simpsons, 00:11:46-00:11:59Coupled 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.
2000 August 20, «tµßeguÿ», “Re: automobile tool definitions”, in 3do.bad-attitude (Usenet)
Origin
From mal- + park + -age. Perhaps introduced in the animated TV series The Simpsons; see Citations:malparkage.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Falschparken
- FalschparkenAn act of illegal parking
Cite this entry
malparkage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malparkage
“malparkage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malparkage. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “malparkage,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malparkage.
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