Martha reports on some listeners’ neologisms for the north-south equivalent of bicoastal. So far, their suggestions for people who make those long, longitudinal commutes have been limited to the left coast, including: No-Cals, Yo-Cals, Bi-Vivants, and Verti-Cals. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “North-South Bi-Coastal”
A while back, we had a call from Maura.
She divides her time between northern and southern California, commuting back and forth to see the grandkids.
She was searching for a word that was the north-south equivalent of bi-coastal.
Right, and you wrote in with some good suggestions.
Pat from Racine, Wisconsin, emailed to say, since she travels up and down the state, how about yo-yo cow, or maybe yo-cow?
Liz rode in with by vivant, which I kind of like.
I like that, too.
But, you know, Grant, I think my favorite suggestion for someone who does that north-south commute, at least here in California, was one that quite a few people sent in.
You described that person as a vertical.
V-E-R-T-I-C-A-L with a hyphen in there somewhere, right?
Yeah, I like it.
Now, that still doesn’t take in the people who are going back and forth between New York and Miami.
Right.
That doesn’t indeed.
I should also note that somebody emailed us to say that I kept saying no-cal when we did that call, and they say that it should be nor-cal.
Is that right, Martha?
Gee, I’ve always said no-cal, but I haven’t been here that long.
Okay.
No-cal.
Well, if you have an opinion on that, we’d like to know.
And if you have more suggestions for what you should call somebody who commutes back and forth between a northern place and a southern place, by all means, give us a call.
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