Colobama
n.— «Trotting out the pejorative “Colobama” to describe Colorado’s poor ranking on some quality of life yardstick generally evokes snickers of derision until one realizes that we really are getting the pants beat off of us on a whole host of social measures.» —“Colorado Ranks Low in Contraception Access” by Wendy Norris RHRealityCheck.org Aug. 23, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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