"crayonista" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From crayon + -ista.",
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          "ref": "2013, Pedantic of Purley, Word of the Year: Crayonista, London Reconnections",
          "text": "In case you haven’t been closely following our site through the year, a crayonista is someone who proposes rail schemes and seems to base their plans on a map or even a diagram and a set of crayons that they play with."
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          "ref": "2021, 61653 HTAFC, What is the purpose of Bradford to Leeds electrification?, Rail UK Forums",
          "text": "Bradford Crossrail is the Crayonista project that will never die."
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          "ref": "2021, Unkel Kunkel, Beware the Crayonistas, my son, The Triumph Sports Six Club",
          "text": "Crayonista is the term used locally (though not unique) for a government official who comes up with hair brained schemes often related to road changes with weird shaped and coloured designs."
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        "Someone who creates plans of transport projects without concern for practicalities."
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          "ref": "2018, Dan Malouff, Why Matt Yglesias’ crayonista to fix Metro is mostly wrong, Greater Greater Washington",
          "text": "Over the holiday, Matt Yglesias at Vox drew up a fantasy idea — crayonista — to reroute the Yellow and Red Lines through central DC."
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          "ref": "2013, Pedantic of Purley, Word of the Year: Crayonista, London Reconnections",
          "text": "In case you haven’t been closely following our site through the year, a crayonista is someone who proposes rail schemes and seems to base their plans on a map or even a diagram and a set of crayons that they play with."
        },
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          "ref": "2021, 61653 HTAFC, What is the purpose of Bradford to Leeds electrification?, Rail UK Forums",
          "text": "Bradford Crossrail is the Crayonista project that will never die."
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          "ref": "2021, Unkel Kunkel, Beware the Crayonistas, my son, The Triumph Sports Six Club",
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