lesbian zip code
n.— «Margaret Coble, 38, lived in an apartment in Mid City, an area affectionately known as the “lesbian zip code,” she says.» —“New Orleans after Katrina: ‘This is home’” by John Caldwell in New Oreleans, Lousiana Advocate Sept. 12, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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