not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL that the term "Jaywalking" was invented in the 1920s by the auto industry to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrianslemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square90linkfedilinkarrow-up1935arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1920arrow-down1imageTIL that the term "Jaywalking" was invented in the 1920s by the auto industry to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrianslemmy.blahaj.zonenot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square90linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareyermaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoIve been told that given the language of the time, it roughly translated to “jackass-walking”
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoAccording to ethymonline: by 1912, American English (said in original citation to be a Kansas City term), from jay, perhaps with notion of boldness and impudence. Related: Jaywalk; jaywalker.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoHah, yeah that probably is a better translation than ‘idiot-walking’, ‘jackass-walking’.
Ive been told that given the language of the time, it roughly translated to “jackass-walking”
According to ethymonline:
Hah, yeah that probably is a better translation than ‘idiot-walking’, ‘jackass-walking’.