platformmoss
/ˈplætfɔːmˌmɒs/nounVerified NewThe quiet overgrowth of a national railway kept running in the timetable for dignity long after the trains thinned out.
The board still lists departures, the stationmaster still unlocks the hall, and moss states its findings on platform two. Prestige service and actual service have quietly divorced.
Etym. — platform + moss: biology auditing the brochure.
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