streeter
n.— «Elements like the Word Train appear at first glance quite un-Timesian, but at second, they provide a philosophical jolt—what is the Word Train, after all, but a variation on the classic “streeter,” that roundup of quotes from twenty voters, this time done with many anonymous thousands?» —“The New Journalism: Goosing the Gray Lady” by Emily Nussbaum New York Magazine Jan. 11, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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