strikelist en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of strike + cyclist.
Meanings
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(UK, colloquial) A person who travels by bicycle because public transport is disrupted by industrial action.
Londoners are almost through the Tube driver strike, which was set to bring mayhem, but thousands of strikelists have avoided the brunt of it.
2026 April 23, Noora Mykkanen, “Strikelists take over London again – but have these strikes been less chaotic?”, in Metro, archived from https://metro.co.uk/2026/04/23/strikelists-take-london-strikes-less-chaotic-28074801/ the original] on 23 Apr 2026:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| strikelists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |