Califunny
n.— «Does he use a bed_of_nails keyboard so it REALLY feels good when he’s replying? Well, no surprise really. He is after all, posting from Southern Califunny. All that smog, for all those years.» —“Re: Over 10,000 Have Signed Petition to Oppose Clipper” by David Lesher Usenet: comp.org.eff.talk Feb. 25, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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