noun Street Slang

neutral ground

· noun · nola

What New Orleans calls a road median.

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The grassy or paved strip down the middle of a divided street. Everywhere else in America it's a median; in NOLA it's where you set up your ladder to catch beads during Mardi Gras.

“Stake out a spot on the neutral ground by 9 if you want any throws.”
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neutral ground In A Sentence

Stake out a spot on the neutral ground by 9 if you want any throws.

Origin & Usage

After the Louisiana Purchase, Canal Street separated the French Creole quarter from the Anglo-American sector. The grassy strip down the middle was literally the neutral ground between two suspicious populations.

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