Alec Jay Sugarman

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The word jay has an archaic meaning in American slang meaning a person who chatters impertinently. [2][3] The term jaywalking was coined in the first decade of the 1900s to label persons crossing a busy street carelessly and becoming a traffic hazard. [4] The term began to imply recklessness or impertinent behavior as the convention became established. [5] In January 2014, the Canadian author ...

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