Chattaboogie
n.— «When my friends moved to Tennessee from Los Angeles a decade ago, they believed they were being exiled. Recently, one of them was offered a dream job elsewhere and decided to turn it down in order to stay in “Chattaboogie,” as they call it.» —“Let’s make tracks” by Pamela Petro Telegraph (United Kingdom) May 20, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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