Plenty of Spec. Craigslist is not a place where you go if you want to feel good about literacy. But at least “ceiling,” while an ongoing problem, yields no disastrous malapropisms when you mess it up. Not so for certain other wily words.
We will pass on the “rot iron railing,” we believe, as Read More
Safety Dance. Two categories of neighborhood advertise their safety on Craigslist: there’s Upper East Side safe, and then there’s East Williamsburg safe. One means “Safe, duh—unless you’re scared of rich old people.” The other means “Seriously, I’ve pretty much never been mugged.” One is redundant; the other doth protest too much.
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College students: They are wide-eyed, they are eager, and they will be resuming their studies in but a few short weeks! So how easy is it to dupe them? Unscrupulous Craig’s Listers are optimistic.
Today’s first lesson is that Brooklyn is not close to New York University. We’ll concede the convenience of the L train, Read More
Luxury: What does it mean? A few complaints, and proposed guidelines for usage.
If you use the adjective “sick,” your apartment no longer qualifies as a “luxury” rental. One cancels the other out, or at least renders it totally insufferable.
We like hyperbole as much as the next person, but: “ultra Read More
The latest installment! Upper East Side is hip; this apartment costs $100; and FiDi is the best nabe to meet fellas. Read More
A new installment of Craigslist Lies People Read More
Last week, n+1 posted an essay on the world of online dating. Describing the mentality of various venues, Katherine Sharpe wrote, “Reading Craigslist, I feel as though I am dipping my cup straight into the swift-flowing stream of human need.”
The site’s personals, she found, were bracingly specific—honest and unashamed.
The real Read More
