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crayonista

crayonista noun: someone who creates plans of transport projects without concern for practicalities.

Noun

crayonista (plural crayonistas)

  1. Someone who creates plans of transport projects without concern for practicalities.
    • In case you haven’t been closely following our site through the year, a crayonista is someone who proposes rail schemes and seems to base their plans on a map or even a diagram and a set of crayons that they play with.2013, Pedantic of Purley, Word of the Year: Crayonista, London Reconnections
    • Bradford Crossrail is the Crayonista project that will never die.2021, 61653 HTAFC, What is the purpose of Bradford to Leeds electrification?, Rail UK Forums
  2. A plan created by such a person.
    • Over the holiday, Matt Yglesias at Vox drew up a fantasy idea — crayonista — to reroute the Yellow and Red Lines through central DC.2018, Dan Malouff, Why Matt Yglesias’ crayonista to fix Metro is mostly wrong, Greater Greater Washington

Forms of crayonista

pluralcrayonistas

Origin of crayonista

From crayon + -ista. Piecewise doublet of crayonist. First attested in 2013.

Questions about crayonista

What does crayonista mean?
Crayonista means someone who creates plans of transport projects without concern for practicalities.
What part of speech is crayonista?
Crayonista is a noun.
What is the plural of crayonista?
The plural of crayonista is crayonistas.

Words near crayonista in the dictionary

  1. crayoned
  2. crayoner
  3. crayoning
  4. crayonings
  5. crayonist
  6. crayonista
  7. crayonistas
  8. crayonists
  9. crayonlike
  10. crayonned
  11. crayonning

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