Black Belt n.— «E-40, who gets things popping every weekend at San Jose’s Ambassador Lounge, notes that what we witnessed was a major catastrophe in a region so heavily African-American that it is sometimes called the Black Belt...
green air n.— «The days ahead appear to offer more of the same “green air”—the term is derived from the green color code that denotes clean air—that settled into the region following the passage of Friday’s cold front...
spawny
adj.— «Only spawny gappers find any paid work in the region other than teaching English.» —by Charlotte Hindle Lonely Planet Gap Year Book Sept. 1, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
deep dive n.— «It has been conducting extensive surveys (called “deep dives,” in polling parlance) of 2,000 people in the Baltimore/Washington region this summer.» —“Survey takes pulse of city and beyond” by...
solastalgia n.— «Solastalgia describes the pain experienced when the place a person lives is under assault and destruction, a loss of a sense of belonging to a particular place and a sense of desolation about its disappearance.…He...
whine country n.— «Before reaching junior high school, Jeff lived in a region of Northern California referred to as the whine country.» —“Van Gundy’s, NBA’s problems exceed big fine” by Randy Hill FOXSports...