tot lot

English

Etymology

Compound of tot + lot.

Noun

tot lot (plural tot lots)

  1. (outdoors) A playground for children, especially younger children

Adjective

tot lot (not comparable)

  1. Having attributes of children in play
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) immature
    • 2019: "Sophistry in the Service of Evil" by Gabriel Schoenfeld, The Bulwark
      Trump’s target, Hanson suggests, was left reeling: "Kim Jong Un expected to slur Western leaders; he never expected any of them to smear him in kind." But Hanson never pauses to examine the substantive results of such a tot lot approach.
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