We've got a gaper's delay on the Eisenhower - a 40-foot tall puppuet is gesticulating madly at the drivers. That'll add half an hour to your drive today.
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gaper's\ delay — The traffic delay resulting from a roadside accident or similar spectacle. Derived from drivers gaping behavior when driving near an accident. Heard on the air in Chicago. We ve got a gaper s delay on the Eisenhower a 40 foot tall puppuet is… … Dictionary of american slang
gaper — 1630s, agent noun from GAPE (Cf. gape) (v.). Gaper delay in traffic control parlance attested by 1995 … Etymology dictionary
Regional vocabularies of American English — vary. Below is a list of lexical differences in vocabulary that are generally associated with a region. A term featured on a list may or may not be found throughout the region concerned, and may or may be not recognized by speakers outside of… … Wikipedia
