[RHYMES WITH CRAZY] Vernacular spectacular: Lenore breaks down subway talk
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lenore Skenazyfor Brooklyn PaperTo celebrate the opening of the Second Avenue Subway, we have commissioned the first New York Guide to Subway Jargon. Here it is — after 98 years in the making!Sick passenger (noun): Patently lame excuse for lateness. “I meant to call you on your birthday, but there was a sick passenger on the train ahead of us.”Zizmor (noun): A blemish or disfigurement that causes the stomach to lurch. “When I finally
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