escalefter

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of escalator +‎ left, spelled with -er. Coined by the Washington DC metro.[1]

Noun

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escalefter (plural escalefters)

  1. 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).

References

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  1. ^ Austermuhle, Martin (2010 July 10 (last accessed)) “Add One More Word to Metro's Vocabulary”, in DCist‎[1], archived from the original on 3 March 2010

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