"driveway moment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: driveway moments [plural]
Etymology: 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. Head templates: {{en-noun}} driveway moment (plural driveway moments)
  1. A brief compulsion to finish listening to something on the radio before leaving one's car. Related terms: NPR Driveway Moments
    Sense id: en-driveway_moment-en-noun-6TztDtpy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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