pickle park

n. a public area, such as a park or roadside rest stop, where sexual liaisons between men are said to take place; in trucking, any roadside rest area. Subjects: English, Automobiles & Transportation, Gay, Sex & Sexuality, Slang

Etymological Note: Probably from “pickle” as a euphemism for “penis.”

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Citations: 1986 Robert L. Chapman New Dictionary of American Slang p. 321: Pickle park…A roadside rest area. 1988 Lindalee Tracey Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) (Oct. 21) “Goin’ Down The Road”: Back in his cab, Rattu pulls out his logbook. He now has to record his hours of work, coffee breaks and stops at pickle parks (rest areas). 1992 [Arlen Speights] Usenet: rec.radio.cb (Apr. 27) “Re: Politically incorrect CB topics…”: Once while passing a “Pickle Park” in mid-Virginia, I heard a trucker trying to sell a 150w linear. 1996 Ben Jacoby Usenet: talk.politics.guns, (Mar. 19) “Re: !NRA orders republicans to weaken Anti-terrorist legislation”: Since I regularly ride a bike path than winds through a local “pickle park” I can say that I have actually seen *with my own eyes* homosexuals engaged in “dicksipping.” In fact on one occasion I saw what I thought was a loose pig, but as I rode closer it turned out to be a naked man running through the underbrush! 2005 Timothy Bolger Long Island Press (New York) (Oct. 13) “Crime Scenes: Pickle Park Perps”: Unless you’re gay, you’re probably unaware of “pickle park,” a rest stop off the Long Island Expressway in Melville. It’s not officially known as pickle park, but that’s what the gay cognoscenti call the popular pick-up spot. 2006 [Mittens] Hitchcock scissors (Oakland, California) (Oct. 30) “bicycling”: The other thing about Aquatic Park is that I once heard someone refer to it as “Pickle Park” because apparently, this is a common place for men to hookup. 2007 [ouijabear] Pedo mellon a minno (Johnson City, Tennessee) (Jan. 14) “Ginkgo Biloba”: Buffalo Mountain is a park for hiking and walking—and is also known as the local “pickle park” for closeted homos looking for blow jobs and the sort. *2007 [Bigdadgib] Big Dad Gib on Opera (June 9) “Truckenees—Lesson No. 2”: “Pickle park”—a rest area or parking area along the interstate or highway.

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