What is Scenic Route?
1.
1. the long way
2. the wrong way
We were supposed to turn on 13th Street to get to the Capitol, but I guess we can take the scenic route...through Virginia.
2.
1. The act of plowing your way through a bunch of scene kids at a lame concert out of sheer boredom.
"Man, that show last night was so boring, I took the scenic route all the way to the front just to tell the lead singer how much they sucked."
3.
An Elevator ride to or from the top or high floor of a building that stops at every floor on the way up or down.
"I tried to get out of work before those idiots downstairs in accounting so I wouldn't have to take the scenic route in the elevator ride down"
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4.
A vaguely remembered set of directions; a kind way of explaining you're a passenger in a vehicle that is essentially lost, but for the sake of a few landmarks to provide bearing and direction to the driver, pilot, and/or captain.
Well, I thought we were headed to town, but I forgot I knew this scenic route around the lakes here...it will take us a little longer, but we should still make it in time for your interview.
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