doorer

English

Etymology

From door +‎ -er.

Noun

doorer (plural doorers)

1. Someone who doors ("to cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian").
   • 2012 October 5, Tom Sullivan, “Distracted drivers lead to injured pedestrians”, in The Record‎^[1], →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-09-04:

     A new word has been coined in the Big Apple to cover an increasingly common cause of death or injury — doorers. That means someone opens the door of a stationary motor vehicle and sends a cyclist flying in to the path of a passing car or bus usually with dire consequences.

   • 2014 January 28, Honour Tomkinson, “Oxford cycling campaigner Honour Tomkinson will be sticking to cycling along the canal path...”, in Oxford Mail‎^[2], archived from the original on 2024-04-27:

     This got me wondering, is there any comeback for the doorer, and is there any recourse for the dooree? Apparently there is and I thought I would share this with you in case you are the next victim.

   • 2016 March 18, Karin Larsen, quoting Colin Stein, “Car door killers: Campaign tries to make a dent in cyclist doorings”, in CBC News‎^[3], archived from the original on 2022-10-31:

     "It actually forces them to look behind," he said. "That way. they can get a good view at what's coming up behind them so that they don't actually become a doorer."

   • 2018 April 26, Christopher Robbins, quoting Steve Vaccaro, “Cyclist Killed By Driver Opening Door In Morningside Heights”, in Gothamist‎^[4], archived from the original on 2023-02-03:

     "Police officers think that it's just as much the fault of the cyclist as of the doorers, which is not the law," Vaccaro said. "I don't think police officers are taught the law about opening doors unsafely."

References

• Paul McFedries (1996–2024) “doorer”, in Word Spy, Logophilia Limited.