glass parking lot
(US, informal) Total destruction in the aftermath of a nuclear attack.
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(US, informal) Total destruction in the aftermath of a nuclear attack.
it is common for Americans to respond with the convictions that "they wouldn't dare" and "we'll turn them into a glass parking lot" (that is, we'll attack them with nuclear weapons until there is nothing left of them).
“You have to assume a few percentage points of "Disapprove" are there because he hasn't made it a "gLaSs PaRkInG lOt" yet. The old "I disapprove of the direction of the country because it hasn't gone too far enough fast enough!"”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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