grid road 

A back-country unpaved road. They are found in various states of repair; the good ones are graded and covered in gravel. They are referred to as such because they most often run North-South and East-West as if on a grid.

Known to Saskatchewanians.

The boys got in the truck and went for a booze cruise on the grid roads outside of town.

The farmer took the grid road to get from her home quarter to town.

grid road by KarlaHard November 15, 2007

Road-Grid 

The act of explaining a topic that you have a high familiarity with to someone with no preconceptions of the topic; in a way that they would not understand, unless they already knew about the topic.

Lex: Which way do I go to get to the restaurant, left or right?
Fred: Well, it depends on how you want to go, because it’s all a grid, so it does not matter.

Lex: Don’t road-grid me! I don’t know my way around, just tell me the direction!

Road-Grid by [No-Name] August 12, 2025