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. (figurative, derogatory, nonce word) Immature; childish; having attributes of children's play.
   • 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.