LIE sinkhole
Definition
A sinkhole that has formed on the Long Island Expressway (L.I.E.), a major highway in New York, notably the recent incident in Melville that disrupted westbound traffic near Exit 49 by swallowing a lane and causing significant delays.
Colloquial reference to a traffic-disrupting crater on the L.I.E., turning a quick drive into an epic quest through construction purgatory.
Examples
The LIE sinkhole turned my 20-minute commute into a three-hour odyssey of brake lights and bad decisions.
Forget black holes; the LIE sinkhole is the universe's way of saying 'slow down, New Yorker.'
I dodged the LIE sinkhole only to get trapped in the detour – Mother Nature's ultimate troll.
Blame the LIE sinkhole for my tardiness; it's basically a portal to alternate dimensions where time stands still.
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