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walking quorum n. “Walking” quorums, often called “roaming” quorums, are those times when members of a government body—a city council or school board, for instance—discuss public business outside of public meetings. It’s often in groups fewer than that number needed for an official meeting. [English Government Jargon] [full cite] (Feb. 22, 2008)

walking school bus n. Some parents have put some of those worries to rest by starting what’s called a “walking school bus.” It’s a group of students, led and monitored by parents, who walk to school *together.* [English Education Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 29, 2007)

walking subcaucus n. But the most serious business of the night for the political parties was just coming—selecting the delegates. This is where issues and senate preference come into play. During the past weeks, each of the major Democratic senate candidates had recruited precinct members to act as leaders during the caucuses, to round up support trying to garner the most delegates. This process is called the “walking subcaucus.” [Minnesota English Politics Jargon] [full cite] (Feb. 9, 2008)

walkshed n. A one-mile perimeter, therefore, defines this car-less family’s pedestrian travel zone—call it our “walkshed.” Fortunately, because we chose to live in a compact community, our walkshed turns out to be well stocked. [English Urban Planning & Zoning Jargon] [full cite] (Jan. 28, 2007)

walkshed n. A key piece of regional and community livability is walkable access to parks and schoolyards. The walksheds shown here illustrate varying levels of access across the region and within communities (Gulfport is shown using actual walking routes while other municipalities are shown with straight-line radius walksheds). [English Urban Planning & Zoning Jargon] [full cite] (Feb. 15, 2007)

walkshed n. Typically, the “walkshed” for transit is about one-quarter mile and, in some cases, as much as one-half mile if sufficient infrastructure is in place to accommodate pedestrians (i.e. sidewalks, safety design and lighting; and land uses that activate the walking environment). [English Urban Planning & Zoning Jargon] [full cite] (Feb. 15, 2007)

wall dog n. Before moving to New York two years ago, Mr. Lindahl worked as an itinerant sign painter in cities around the country, picking up trade secrets from “wall dogs”—old men who spent their lives suspended above the city, painting larger-than-life images on building walls. [English Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2006)

wall tattoo n. Stencils have come a long way from childhood designs. Often referred to as wall tattoos, stencils can be used as borders or create an overall pattern on a wall. [English] [full cite] (Dec. 28, 2008)

wall wiki n. For many of the 120 attendees, BarCamp Vancouver might have seemed an informal affair, with wall wikis—large sheets of paper—taped to the wall for graffiti and acronyms and a schedule hastily constructed on Saturday morning as presenters tacked Post-it notes to a grid as they arrived. [New or Nonce] [full cite] (Aug. 30, 2006)

wall-cross v. Wells Fargo wanted to be among one of the first banks to get to the market before fund managers and investors became overwhelmed by the supply of stock. Being first also carried the risk that the offering could be too big, or badly priced, which would drain investor appetite and trigger a lot of trouble for future offerings. Speed was the key. Thursday, J.P. Morgan and Wachovia started calling select investors–many of them previous investors in Wells Fargo—to in Wall Street parlance—”wall-cross” them, following the same playbook Wells and J.P. Morgan used last fall to raise equity. The deal was opened publicly to investors just after 4 p.m. [English Money & Finance Jargon] [full cite] (May. 12, 2009)

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