[Ads-l] Words old and new

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Interesting words, VS.
Ben Zimmer wrote an excellent article examining streatery / streetery
in the Wall Street Journal in August 2021. Here is an x-tweet that
displays a scan of the article text.
https://x.com/bgzimmer/status/1426602795428417537

Wikitionary has an entry
streatery (plural streateries) Noun
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/streatery

Garson

On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 12:27 AM victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Three words this week that grabbed my attention. First, the bridge collapse
> in Baltimore Harbor was preceded by a desperate message from the container
> ship's captain warning of a high risk of "allision". I can't say I've seen
> this term in normal use recently and this is the first time I've seen it in
> US media. I've only come across it previously in old naval records.
>
> Second, one of the conditions that are still being negotiated in the
> extention of the lease for two of Washington DC's pro teams is the
> elimination of "Sixth Street streeteries". This appears to be merely my own
> ignorance, as the term "streetery" has been in heavy use, apparently, since
> the post-pandemic re-openings. Oddly enough, although it's been in use in
> DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore and NYC, I've never heard the reference in
> Boston or Boston suburbia over the past four years.
>
> "Streetery" comes with an alternative-design partner - "parklet". This one
> appears to have been in use well before 2020, although I did not try to
> trace it.
>
> Details on both terms here
> https://www.terracastproducts.com/parklet-and-streetery-design/
>
> VS-)
>
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