Phrase · Travel & transport

the Tube stare

noun phrase /thuh-tyoob-stair/

A collective, unspoken pact of avoidance performed by everyone on public transport, focused on a fixed point of absolutely nothing.

“Eight of us did the Tube stare for eleven stops without a single word.”

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noun phrase
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/thuh-tyoob-stair/

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