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[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the action of crossing a road somewhere where there’s no pedestrian crossing, or while it’s not the pedestrian’s turn

it’s a word that was invented by car lobbies to turn something done by humans for millennia (cross a road) into a shameful action, and in some places, a crime

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

Jay is also an old timey slur akin to hillbilly or redneck, a way to call someone uncouth