Skyscraper Dictionary - Page 3

***Jan*** · May 16th, 2013, 01:47 PM

New term: sidewalk shunner.

Kiboko · May 16th, 2013, 09:10 PM

Ghostscraper: an abandoned skyscraper or a long-term unfinished one.

***Jan*** · May 18th, 2013, 01:14 PM

~ Grimmick: Green Gimmick

Vincen1 · May 18th, 2013, 08:13 PM

Ha, that's a good one. It's one of those things that's a genuine nice touch, but which gets incredibly lame when repeated too often.

The heroes that keep the windows of skyscrapers clean (and the installation) also deserve a mentioning.

Windowwasher has a nice sound, but is unfortunately to wide applicable. Perhaps Skycleaner? Like the one on picture on the right seems to wash the actual sky.

I was actually surprised that the alpine method was rather common. I thought the use of a gondola was standard for decades.

***Jan*** · May 20th, 2013, 11:58 AM

Skycleaner is nice.

We might just ask one of these people who does this for a living and ask them how they call themselves.

bozenBDJ · May 20th, 2013, 12:24 PM

Partialskcraper: a skyscraper that is partly built.

***Jan*** · May 21st, 2013, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bozenBDJ

Partialskcraper: a skyscraper that is partly built.

Nice one. Skyscra could work as well as a term for an unfinished skyscraper.

***Jan*** · May 21st, 2013, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vincen1

Earthscraper a non-existant darling of futurists.

It's in the dictionary, see here.

Vincen1 · May 21st, 2013, 06:39 PM

I´m flattered

I'm mentioned.
You actually found some examples that I didn't saw even though I did some varied searches in Google. And off course, Zion was also pictured as a massive underground shaft, I haven't even thought about that one.

May 20th, 2013, 12:24 PM	#46
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May 16th, 2013, 01:47 PM	#41
*Jan* High there, what's up! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rotterdam Posts: 14,478 Likes (Received): 521	New term: sidewalk shunner.

May 18th, 2013, 01:14 PM	#43
*Jan* High there, what's up! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rotterdam Posts: 14,478 Likes (Received): 521	~ Grimmick: Green Gimmick

May 20th, 2013, 11:58 AM	#45
*Jan* High there, what's up! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rotterdam Posts: 14,478 Likes (Received): 521	Skycleaner is nice. We might just ask one of these people who does this for a living and ask them how they call themselves.

May 21st, 2013, 06:39 PM	#49
Vincen1 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 313 Likes (Received): 34	I´m flattered I'm mentioned. You actually found some examples that I didn't saw even though I did some varied searches in Google. And off course, Zion was also pictured as a massive underground shaft, I haven't even thought about that one.