Sco
n.— «From a slang standpoint, he says, San Francisco is now known to ultimate insiders simply as “the ’Sco.”» —“Frisco, that once-verboten term for the city by the bay, is making a comeback among the young and hip” by James Sullivan San Francisco Chronicle (California) Oct. 14, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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