Deaths that occur when New Yorkers die on the subway´s tracks when in search of a particular item, such as an iPod, an iPhone, a Blackberry cellphone, or any other object.
Three New Yorkers died, during a six months period, after ill-advised forays to the tracks in pursuit of an iPod, a nylon LeSportsac bag containing gym clothes and deodorant and, lastly, a woman’s jacket.
really ugly, taken from "bet down with the ugly stick", which a colloquial irish version of "beaten down with the ugly stick". often the word "bet" is used alone as an even shorter version.