crash hour
n.— «Eight in the morning and five in the afternoon during weekdays when traffic in the city attempts to compete with that of Manila’s is not called rush hour. It is called crash hour. Another subliminal vicious tendency.» —“Gil: Words, words, words” by Sandy Gil Sun.Star (Philippines) Feb. 13, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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