12-9
n.— «Based on the dozens of cases of people struck by subway trains each year—events known in transit parlance by the code 12-9—it is easy to speculate on what their last week must have been like.» —“What the Motorman Saw” by Jake Mooney New York Times Dec.4, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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