Eastlos

Eastlos
 n.— «Go to EastLos and then drive to the West side and you’ll see a very big difference, not only in police conduct, but citations and so forth.» —“Re: Decline of LA” by Raul Franco Usenet: alt.california Aug. 14, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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