A-she-ville
n.— «In Asheville, that’s a problem. Straight people here proudly refer to the town as the lesbian capital of the South; when they joke about “A-she-ville,” they’re proud.» —“The Anti-Rights Democrat” by Terry Curtis Fox Huffington Post Nov. 8, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The adjective corny describes someone or something “unsophisticated” or “naive.” This sense of corny goes back at least as far as the 1920s. Seed catalogs of the time often contained bits of goofy jokes and broad humor...
I know this isn’t a valid citation, but I lived in Asheville from 1990 through 1999, during the most rapid ascent of Asheville’s gay population, and I can vouch for the authenticity of this term. I’ve heard it for years. This is absolutely a term in common usage among rural Southerners in Buncombe County.