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drive-time dining noun. Eating a meal while driving.

Example Citation:
Louis C. DeLuca, a semiretired salesman and a state senator in Connecticut, has had it with people reading the newspaper on the steering wheel, car-schooling their kids from the front seat and drive-time dining.
—Matthew Purdy, "Don't Touch That Dial, Drivers," The New York Times, April 4, 2001

Earliest Citation:
Drive-time dining; stuck behind the wheel, people on the go search for manageable fast food (headline)
—Jim Shea, News & Record, July 16, 1997

Related Words:
car-schooling
dashboard dining
dashboard drum
deskfast
drive-through cuisine
hurry sickness
one-handed food
portafuel

Subject Category:
Culture - Food and Drink

Posted on September 23, 2000 at 10:48 PM
Updated on January 28, 2002 at 10:48 PM


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