Eastlos
n.— «RUBIN: I’m like, “Oh, a Latino kid from Eastlos going to New York.” SANCHEZ: Eastlos? RUBIN: Yeah, East Los Angeles, going to New York.» —“Profile: Problems at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, where virtually all of the students are Mexican-Americans” NPR: All Things Considered Mar. 15, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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