Labana
n.— «The downbeat Labana (Spanish slang for Havana) is a story about fleeing Fidel Castro’s Cuba on makeshift boats and rafts in dangerous waters.» —“Alejandro Sanz sings a political tune on new album” by Michael D. Clark Houston Chronicle (Tex.) May 7, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Barbara Kingsolver’s book Demon Copperhead is a retelling of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield set in today’s Appalachia. Martha shares memories of a long-ago visit to Kingsolver’s family farm in Virginia, where they...
When Marilyn from Boston, Massachusetts, used the expression Them’s the berries! with neighbors in her hometown of nearby Arlington, Massachusetts, she was surprised they were unfamiliar with it. The phrase means something like “That’s...