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Date: 2023-01-17 06:07 pm (UTC)
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9) The word we kids invented, that we kept on using into adulthood, was for the barriers that automatically come down in front of train tracks when a train is about to cross. We call them neemaneems (pronounced neem-a-neem), after the clanging bell sound made as they descend. We still call them that because the proper name is supposedly "crossing guard," but a crossing guard is a person holding a sign.
Edited Date: 2023-01-17 06:08 pm (UTC)

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