# RIP samclem (former mod) (December 18, 2021)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 21, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459 "2023-03-21T19:46:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-samclem-former-mod-december-18-2021/981459/26 "2023-03-23T00:57:28Z")

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I found the thread that **Chronos** was referring to, from June 2007. Just seeing the usernames is making me wistful.

> [@What is the name of the grassy strip between the sidewalk and the street?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-grassy-strip-between-the-sidewalk-and-the-street/409070):
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> When I was a kid, we called it the “parkin”. I don’t know if that was a regional name (Massachusetts) or a time-specific name (1940s), but I haven’t heard it in about 50 years until the other day I ran across the word, used in the sense I have mentioned, in a book written in the 1930s. But on the other hand, I haven’t heard any word used to refer to that strip of grass. What is it called today?

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