[Ads-l] Words old and new

[victor steinbok]

It's good to know these have been covered. I just missed all the fun

VS-)

On Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 09:14 Nancy Friedman <wordworking at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I wrote about =E2=80=9Cparklet=E2=80=9D in 2012:
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> On Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 9:27=E2=80=AFPM victor steinbok <
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> > wrote:
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> > Three words this week that grabbed my attention. First, the bridge
> collap=
> se
> > in Baltimore Harbor was preceded by a desperate message from the
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> r
> > ship's captain warning of a high risk of "allision". I can't say I've
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> > this term in normal use recently and this is the first time I've seen it
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> in
> > US media. I've only come across it previously in old naval records.
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> > 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
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> wn
> > ignorance, as the term "streetery" has been in heavy use, apparently,
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> > 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.
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> > "Streetery" comes with an alternative-design partner - "parklet". This
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> e
> > appears to have been in use well before 2020, although I did not try to
> > trace it.
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> > Details on both terms here
> > https://www.terracastproducts.com/parklet-and-streetery-design/
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> > VS-)
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