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Originally Posted by Schneed10

For those who don't live in DC, what is "slugging it"?

Or is this just a slang term I'm not aware of?

It's organized hitchhiking, usually up 395 from the Woodbridge area into the Pentagon or NW. 395 is HOV-3, which can take a 30 mile commute from 75 minutes to 35 minutes, so this is how people fill up their cars.
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It's a crazy subculture.