Lou
n.— «Before his title bout in St. Louis this year, boxer Cory Spinks said it again and again: “I’m from the Lou, and it’s a Lou thing.” The Lou. A simple, informal take on the city’s name.» —“Final Four: Do you do ‘the Lou?’” by Todd C. Frankel St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Mo.) mar. 31, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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