jaywalk, e foot fault, enforcement prompts venomous rage, infuriating

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"What it does is it inhibits the vitality of Los Angeles. When you go to New York, when you go to Chicago, when it's safe to cross the street, you just cross the street. You just do it."

NELSON ALGAZE, a Los Angeles architect who was born in Brooklyn, on a recent crackdown on jaywalking in downtown Los Angeles.

Tennis Rule Is Simple Enough, and Infuriating

By GREG BISHOP 12 minutes ago

The foot fault is tennis’s version of jaywalking, a penalty called so rarely it hardly seems wrong — and whose enforcement prompts venomous rage.

jaywalk

Syllabification: (jay·walk)

Pronunciation: /ˈjāˌwôk/

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verb

[no object] chiefly North American

• cross or walk in the street or road unlawfully or without regard for approaching traffic.

Derivatives

jaywalker

noun

Origin:

early 20th century: from jay in the colloquial sense 'silly person' + walk

jaywalk
(JAY-wok)

verb intr.
To cross a street in a reckless manner, disregarding traffic rules.

Etymology
As with other birds, the name jaybird denotes a naive person or simpleton. Early last century, country folks visiting big cities were often oblivious of any approaching traffic when they were crossing streets. Eventually their nickname, jays, became associated with crossing a street illegally
Usage
"At stoplights, bicycles queue with a Tetris-like geometry, and the natives never jaywalk." — Stephen Metcalf; In the Tidy City of the World's Most Anxious Man: Soren Kierkegaard's Copenhagen; The New York Times; Apr 1, 2007.