boojacking
n.— «Boojacking—The unintelligible howling of news heralds out selling “extras.”» —“Slang of newspaper and mail delivery (rewrite Canny)” by Individuals; Wayne Walden in New York City Lexicon of Trade Jargon Dec. 6, 1937. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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