I still don’t understand how the term caught on. “Jay” is fantastic, as far as pejoratives go. It’s evocative and descriptive and just gosh darn tasty. But “jaywalker” feels like saying someone has a green thumb for construction. Just, like, what the fuck are you trying to say? It’s just an absolute abortion of a word, and my feelings on it have only grown stronger over the years. A stupid word for a stupid cause