What is Septa?
1.
Acronym- South Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
The SEPTA train was running 30 minutes late.
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2.
A transit agency for the Philadelphia region. Gifted with a great system inherited from the PTC, P&W, Red Arrow, PRR and Reading Railroad, but hamstrung by a shitty management almost from their start in the 1960s. They ignore the city while pandering to the suburbs, fucking over the source of 60 or more percent of their ridership. They are simultaneously cursed and blessed by many residents of Philadelphia.
Also a killer of trolley lines, and inventor of bustitution.
Goddamn SEPTA sucks, why do we need a fucking line to Reading when we can't even run enough rail service on the routes we own!!!
3.
Society for the Elimination of Public Transportation Altogether; the official name for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Public Transportation Authority for many Philadelphians.
Also see: INEPTA
SEPTA must pull random times for their schedules out of their ass; their buses or trains are always late.
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4.
The last girl a guy dates before coming out of the closet.
Particularly applicable when this has happened many times to the same girl; she is the train men ride from their closet in Trenton to the out and proud parades of Philly.
A doubly unwitting
A special kind of
Don't mess around on that SEPTA, she'll be the last ride you take.
Turn them once: shame on you. Turn them twice: you are the SEPTA.
(To a gay man): Don't get your hopes up just 'cause I'm riding the SEPTA.
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The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. They control the buses and trains in SE PA. Typically, ghetto and poor people use these means of transportation.
Jamal got capped on the SEPTA bus.
