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    [Noun]  | "tail*back" | \ ˈtāl-ˌbak \


    1: the offensive football back farthest from the line of scrimmage

    2: a line of vehicles caused by a traffic slowdown or stoppage


    Origin: 1930 ;

    [Noun]  | "tailbacks" 


    1: a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement;


      * e.g., " ... stuck in a five-mile tailback on the southbound carriageway "



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    [Noun]  | "tailback" 


    1: a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement;


      * e.g., " ... stuck in a five-mile tailback on the southbound carriageway "



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     [ "tailbacks" ]

    1: traffic backup initiated and maintained by thoughtless idiot gawkers preceeding a road-side human specatcle.

      * e.g.,  ... "I managed to get the bike on to the hard shoulder, and jump of it at a sensible speed. As it groundto a halt on the shoulder, it went pop three times, and turned into a ginormous fireball. I caused huge tailbacks, got on radio 1 travel time, and even into some of the papers..." -Dr.Nick R. 

     [ "Glastonbury Tailback" ]

    1: Where someone manages to go for days without pooing at a music festival to avoid the toilets and their dreadful conditions

      * e.g.,  ... I just went to the toilet to get rid of my Glastonbury tailback from the weekend. 

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