After we puzzled over a caller’s use of the term Jack Roses to signal a sudden shift in conversational topics, Christye from Abilene, Texas, wrote to say that when that happens to her, she says, You didn’t put your blinker on! The word blinker is one of several for those flashing rear lights on a car that serve as turn indicators or turn signals. This is part of a complete episode.
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