crayonistaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

crayonista (plural crayonistas)

1. Someone who creates plans of transport projects without concern for practicalities.
   • 2013, Pedantic of Purley, Word of the Year: Crayonista, London Reconnections:

     In case you haven’t been closely following our site through the year, a crayonista is someone who proposes rail schemes and seems to base their plans on a map or even a diagram and a set of crayons that they play with.

   • 2021, 61653 HTAFC, What is the purpose of Bradford to Leeds electrification?, Rail UK Forums:

     Bradford Crossrail is the Crayonista project that will never die.

   • 2021, Unkel Kunkel, Beware the Crayonistas, my son, The Triumph Sports Six Club:

     Crayonista is the term used locally (though not unique) for a government official who comes up with hair brained schemes often related to road changes with weird shaped and coloured designs.

2. A plan created by such a person.
   • 2018, Dan Malouff, Why Matt Yglesias’ crayonista to fix Metro is mostly wrong, Greater Greater Washington:

     Over the holiday, Matt Yglesias at Vox drew up a fantasy idea — crayonista — to reroute the Yellow and Red Lines through central DC.