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I vote yes. I already say upscalator and downscalator to distinguish between the two types of escalators. This is equally quirky and useful. I like it.
by DanielStraight 17y ago
I vote yes. I already say upscalator and downscalator to distinguish between the two types of escalators. This is equally quirky and useful. I like it.
- mnemonicsloth 17y agoWow. The first time I read this, I thought you were talking about differentiating forward and back slashes. up escalator. -> _/ down escalator: \_
- enntwo 17y agoDo you refer to the long flat ones at airports as lateralscalators, forwardscalators, or orthangonalscalators?
- shaunxcode 17y agoI think we can both agree that frontscalator makes more sense.
- jodrellblank 17y agoI think transcalator fits together more nicely. (Edit: or maybe flatscalator)
- isleyaardvark 17y agoI think parallelscalator has a nice ring to it.
- ramchip 17y agoSome are concurrent, but hardly all of them!
- jodrellblank 17y agoSince you must go on one then the next: serialscalators?
- billybob 17y agoUnless you like to ride it facing the wrong way. Then it's a backscalator. Or is that the one going the other way?
- DanielStraight 17y agoI'll have to admit, I've never thought about that. I like the suggestions given so far though.
- Groxx 17y agoI sort of like orthogonalscalators, because it's huge and people seem happy to abuse "orthogonal". Plus, it brings strange things to mind when you mention that there are two or three of them in parallel...
- prawn 17y agoExcuse the serious response for a sec, but they're 'travelators' for those who are unsure.
- nitrogen 17y agoWhy not simply "sidescalator"?
- joebasirico 17y agoI think of the way the slash would fall if it were a pen on a desk. The forward slash would fall forward / -> the back slash would fall back \ <-
- cromulent 17y agoEscalate already means move up, but has a clumsy opposite (de-escalate, I believe). Maybe descalator and escalator would be an alternative. However, ups- and downs- is better, plus you always get points for coining new words.