Arizona pinstriping
n.— «I’m not out there to abuse it, but paint is optional here in Tucson due to Arizona pinstriping. So why make it pretty when the next time out, the brush will stripe the hell out of it? Functional is good.» —“Scout lift & cam questions” by ED Usenet: rec.autos.4×4 Apr. 7, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
An amateur herpetologist in Tucson, Arizona, notes that there’s a raging debate among his fellow reptile enthusiasts about the term in situ, which is Latin for “in place.” Is it “in SIT-too,” “in SITCH-yoo,”...
Stravenue is a portmanteau of street and avenue, and is used in Tucson, Arizona, to refer to a diagonal road between east-west streets and north-south avenues. Similarly, a stroad is a combination of street and road. This is part of a complete...