tot lot

English

Etymology

Compound of tot +‎ lot.

Noun

tot lot (plural tot lots)

  1. A playground for children, especially younger children.

Adjective

tot lot (not comparable)

  1. Having attributes of children's play. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. (figurative, derogatory, nonce word) Immature; childish.
    • 2019, Gabriel Schoenfeld, “Sophistry in the Service of Evil”, in 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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