Slog - Comments on Uh, the first definition for "slut" in my dictionary is "a slovenly woman." http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d Unfortunate nickname? What are you talking about, Jonah? That is the best nickname ever. To quote Carollani in the comments: Aaaahahahhaha! I can't wait to ride the SLUT!!! God I hope they don't change that acronym—SLUT blows BART out of the water. Carollani, it doesn't matter what "they" change the acronym to. "They" changed the name of that stretch of First Avenue near the art museum "The West Edge" but has anyone ever said the words "The West Edge" with reference to any part of Seattle? No, no one has. Changing "South Lake Union" to "Cascade"? Not gonna happen. I'm... Copyright 2008 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:19:22 -0800 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:35:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by a Word.

]]> a http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806428 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806428 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:26:28 -0800 Comment by Levislade Steak salad? Is it just me, or does that sound totally wrong?

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806430 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806430 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:29:50 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo You just know that name will stick. Besides, the official substitution is "SLUS" (with "Streetcar" replacing "Trolley") which doesn't make any damn sense.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806435 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806435 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:35:30 -0800 Comment by E. Steven 'Riding the SLUT' would also put us on par with Austin's 'Ride the Dillo'.

]]> E. Steven http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806437 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806437 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:35:46 -0800 Comment by SadButTrue In the late 90's, Sound Transit, under the chair of Richard McIver, had a new committee on the building of light rail and all the difficulties for the nearby communities. Its name, and I am not making this up, originally was Central Link Implementation Taskforce. You do the math. It was changed in less than 24 hours.

]]> SadButTrue http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806439 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806439 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:36:35 -0800 Comment by JPF Too bad the Seattle Monorail doesn't go through there...then you could meet the SLUT at the SLUM!

]]> JPF http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806451 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806451 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:46:09 -0800 Comment by christopher Frizzelle Levi -- it was so, so good.

]]> christopher Frizzelle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806459 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806459 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:56:21 -0800 Comment by Jude Fawley We started calling the Coliseum the Key Arena because they told us to. If they come up with something else and try to tell us that it is not in fact the SLUT, the powers that may be will win. SLUT will only stay if it is promoted at the grassroots level. I endorse these T-shirts.

]]> Jude Fawley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806468 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806468 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:05:21 -0800 Comment by genevieve Everytime I go past the building downtown with the huge facade welcoming me to the West Edge, with its totally cheesy '80s graphic, and overlooking the saddest unused fenced-in playground ever, I think of gretchen in mean Girls. "Stop trying to make West Edge happen! It's NOT going to happen!" heh.

Is there really an effort to rename SLU "Cascade"? The only name that area will ever get called besides South lake Union is Allentown IMO.

]]> genevieve http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806478 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806478 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:16:29 -0800 Comment by Joe M Also, Mayor Nickels will be changing the name of the Ballard Bridge to the Ballard Interbay Trans-Canal Highway.

]]> Joe M http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806490 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806490 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:31:51 -0800 Comment by c I think it was Cascade or Cascadia before it was SLU.

]]> c http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806496 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806496 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:36:18 -0800 Comment by Andrew Taylor I have been suggesting for a while the the two streetcar lines be given alphabetic route names, which would be easily rememered:

The South Lake Union line will be the A (for Paul Allen) line.

The original Waterfront Streetcar (if it ever resurfaces) will be the B (for George Benson) line.

Respectfully
Andrew

]]> Andrew Taylor http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806506 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806506 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:48:14 -0800 Comment by Carollani Word.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806547 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806547 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:15:25 -0800 Comment by PA Native While you're down at Kapow!, could you ask them to make coffee that does not suck?

]]> PA Native http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806583 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806583 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:40:46 -0800 Comment by MovingToTopeka The *best* part about Seattle is how we trash Allen for investing in the city. I *know* a crappy town like Topeka would equally be so picky about who lives in and creates jobs for their city. Was everyone in this town the last picked for football or what????

]]> MovingToTopeka http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806615 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806615 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:55:48 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo You know what the best part of Topeka is? Yeah, me neither.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806638 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806638 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:07:53 -0800 Comment by Lake @9 Hahah "overlooking the saddest unused fenced-in playground ever"

That is the second saddest place on earth after the Fun Forrest in January.

]]> Lake http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806666 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806666 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:30:52 -0800 Comment by tiptoe tommy Not only do we have the SLUT, but the Seattle Municipal Tower (formerly Key Tower) is affectionately known by many city employees as the SMUT.

]]> tiptoe tommy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806759 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806759 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:10:04 -0800 Comment by Thomas Kinkade Appropriate, given that it was designed to resemble a penis.

]]> Thomas Kinkade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806842 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806842 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:05:15 -0800 Comment by Matt from Denver @ 9, That playground is for a daycare. You have to go by around 10 am on a decent day to see it used. But rest assured that it is.

]]> Matt from Denver http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806889 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806889 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:49:18 -0800 Comment by marktrail We;ll nevah call it Cascade?
yeah, like it to seattle about a week to start calling the Coliseum Key Arena.

And don't get me started on "The Emerald City":


fkc

]]> marktrail http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806904 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806904 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:35:04 -0800 Comment by e I'm with c. It was Cascade before South Lake Union. And kapow! doesn't suck, either.

]]> e http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806905 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806905 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:50:14 -0800 Comment by d_nounce The Cascade Neighborhood does exist already. They are trying to lump it in with SLU. Lame.
What's not lame is one of those addictive mexi-mochas at Kapow! I'm getting the brown SLUT shirt, just in case I spill. PA I ask you, can you make a coffee that doesn't suck?

]]> d_nounce http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806912 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806912 City Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:21:12 -0800 Comment by litlnemo Goddamnit, sometimes I feel like the last Seattle native left. The Cascade neighborhood has been Cascade for, oh, about 100 years. Not that I have been here that long. But the name isn't new.

]]> litlnemo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806923 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806923 City Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:55:00 -0800 Comment by Greg Oh, of course. Cascade. How could I have missed that on the map of Seattle neighborhoods I have tattooed on my ass?

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806970 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c806970 City Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:01:40 -0800 Comment by Jude Fawley My Suggestion is to call it the:

Westlake Express To South Lake Union Trolley (WET SLUT)

]]> Jude Fawley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c807115 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c807115 City Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:24:06 -0800 Comment by pat migroin I just got my shirt from donkeyts.com It was $16 And I got to choose the color and type of shirt they printed it on. They have free shipping and if you enter "Jamie" in the coupon code you will get another 20% off your whole order.

]]> pat migroin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c812342 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/uh_the_first_definition_for_slut_in_my_d#c812342 City Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:35:33 -0800