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Broken escalator phenomenon. The foot of an escalator. The broken escalator phenomenon is the sensation of losing balance, confusion or dizziness reported by some people when stepping onto an escalator which is not working. It is said that there is a brief, odd sensation of imbalance, despite full awareness that the escalator is not going to move.
2. After 1928, could mean broken down car [172] floater Person making trouble and then disappears [150] flogger Overcoat [173] floorflusher Insatiable dancer [150] flop 1. Go to bed; fall asleep [174] 2. Grown-up who is disagreeable, socially awkward, and unsuccessful; 1920s [174] 3. Intentionally lose a fight by taking a dive; 1920s [174] 4.
Escalator etiquette is the etiquette of using escalators. In many places, there is a convention that people should stand on a particular side to allow other people to walk on the other side. [2] Standing on the right is the most common convention, following early escalator design in London. [1] In the 21st century, there have been campaigns for ...
Dimensions. 147 cm × 89.2 cm (57 + 7⁄8 in × 35 + 1⁄8 in) Location. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia. Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (French: Nu descendant un escalier n° 2) is a 1912 painting by Marcel Duchamp. The work is widely regarded as a Modernist classic and has become one of the most famous of its time.
Script of the Bridge is the debut studio album by English rock band the Chameleons. It was released on 8 August 1983 by record label Statik. It was released on 8 August 1983 by record label Statik. Three singles were released from the album: "Up the Down Escalator", "As High as You Can Go" and "A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days".
An older English term that was sometimes used for this meaning is afterwit; it is used, for example, in James Joyce's Ulysses (Chapter 9).. The Yiddish trepverter ("staircase words") [4] and the German loan translation Treppenwitz express the same idea as l'esprit de l'escalier.
Spatial disorientation is the inability to determine position or relative motion, commonly occurring during periods of challenging visibility, since vision is the dominant sense for orientation. The auditory system, vestibular system (within the inner ear), and proprioceptive system (sensory receptors located in the skin, muscles, tendons and ...
A parallel phenomenon called the "glass escalator" has also been recognized. As more men join fields that were previously dominated by women, such as nursing and teaching, the men are promoted and given more opportunities compared to the women, as if the men were taking escalators and the women were taking the stairs. [80]