Jaywalking
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Jaywalking is the act of pedestrians walking in or crossing a roadway in a manner that contravenes traffic regulations. The term jay-walking originated in the United States as a derivation of the phra
Sign prohibiting jaywalking in Singapore's Orchard Road
An anti-jaywalking poster created in 1937 as part of the United States WPA's Federal Art Project
Jaywalkers cross a congested street in Midtown Manhattan, 1973.
Fences, like here in Beijing, deter jaywalkers from crossing the road.
Yokel
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Yokel is one of several derogatory terms referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. The term is of uncertain etymology and is only attested from the early 19th century on. It is co
Jaywalking
…traffic regulations. The term jay-walking originated in the United States as a derivation of the phrase jay-driver (the word jay meaning a greenhorn, or rube), referring to people who drove horse-drawn carriages and automobiles on the wrong side of the road. The term is not a historically neutral one. The…
A painting of three peasants by David Teniers the Younger