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escalefter

noun

Etymology

Blend of escalator + left, spelled with -er. Coined by the Washington DC metro.

  1. derived from *(s)lewp-✻
  2. derived from *luft-✻
  3. inherited from left
  4. inherited from left
  5. compounded as escalefter — “escalator + left”

Definitions

  1. One who stands still on the left of an escalator impeding those wanting to move more…

    One who stands still on the left of an escalator impeding those wanting to move more quickly (often the right of the escalator is for standing and the left is for walking).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA