The minimum and usual mainlane width is 12 ft [3.6 m]. The number of lanes required to accommodate the anticipated traffic in the design year is determined by the level of service evaluation as discussed in the Highway Capacity Manual.
Adj. groovy is 1853 in lit. sense of of a groove; 1937 in slang sense of excellent, from jazz slang phrase in the groove (1932) performing well (without grandstanding).. As teen slang for wonderful, it dates from 1944; popularized 1960s, out of currency by 1980.
Slang has always been a challenge for the courts in cases that involve vulgar or insulting language. Conventional dictionaries lag the spoken word by design. That has lawyers and judges turning to a more fluid source of definitions: Urban Dictionary, a crowdsourced collection of slang words on the Internet.ometimes a common slang meaning has nothing to do with what a person actually meant. In 2009, the Nevada Supreme Court said that the Department of Motor Vehicles could not deny the personalized license plate âHOEâ because Urban Dictionary said it meant prostitute.