Residents in Seattle, Washington will soon ride the 'S.L.U.T.'
{{date|September 19, 2007}}

Construction workers in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] located in the [[United States]] are nearing completion of a new {{w|light-rail}} trolley, but it is not the trolleys that are making the residents of the city laugh, it is the abbreviation that city officials designated for the new transit system.

The new transit system, South Lake Union Streetcar (SLUS) has had an unofficial change in its abbreviation to "S.L.U.T." by local residents. Some have even designed and sold more than 100 t-shirts saying "Ride the S.L.U.T.".

City officials admit that they were aware of the notion before they named the system, but did not care enough to rename it and didn't give the {{wikt|acronym}} 'streetcar' to avoid the outcome. Officials say that streetcar sounded more modern than trolley.

The project, built by ''Vulcan Development,'' is costing {{w|United States Dollar|US$}}50.5 million to build.

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22445090-23109,00.html
|title=A streetcar named SLUT
|author=
|pub=NEWS.com.au
|date=September 19, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/332081_slut18.html?source=mypi
|title=SLUT -- Streetcar's unfortunate acronym seems here to stay
|author=Kery Murakami
|pub=Seattle Post Intelligencer
|date=September 19, 2007}}

==External links==
*[http://ridetheslut.com/ RideTheSlut.com T-shirt campaign]

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[[Category:North America]]
[[Category:Trams]]
Construction workers in Seattle, Washington located in the United States are nearing completion of a new  trolley, but it is not the trolleys that are making the residents of the city laugh, it is the abbreviation that city officials designated for the new transit system.

The new transit system, South Lake Union Streetcar (SLUS) has had an unofficial change in its abbreviation to "S.L.U.T." by local residents. Some have even designed and sold more than 100 t-shirts saying "Ride the S.L.U.T.".

City officials admit that they were aware of the notion before they named the system, but did not care enough to rename it and didn't give the  'streetcar' to avoid the outcome. Officials say that streetcar sounded more modern than trolley.

The project, built by Vulcan Development, is costing US$50.5 million to build.
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