noun
General Slang
space saver
· noun · boston
The chair you leave in your shoveled parking spot — and woe betide whoever moves it.
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A Boston winter institution. After a snowstorm, you spend two hours shoveling out a street spot — so you stake your claim with a lawn chair, traffic cone, busted TV, statue of the Virgin Mary, whatever's in the basement. The unwritten code says that spot is yours until the snow melts. Moving someone's space saver is grounds for slashed tires, keyed paint, or a screaming match in three generations of accent.
“Some kid from Brookline moved my space saver and I came back to find my wipers snapped clean off.”
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space saver In A Sentence
Some kid from Brookline moved my space saver and I came back to find my wipers snapped clean off.
Origin & Usage
Working-class Boston tradition formalised over decades of nor'easters; the city has periodically tried (and failed) to ban it.
Variants
spot saver
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