SMIDSY
n.— « “Cyclists, no matter how reflective, well lit or well trained, know only too well how invisible they can be on the roads.…They even have a term for the type of accident: SMIDSY—Sorry mate,I didn ’t see you!» —“>Buses back the ‘Give Cyclists Room ’ campaign” by Charlotte Reeve Look Local Online (Stockbridge North Sheffield, England) June 23, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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