Suitcase City

Suitcase City
 n.— «Most residents of the neighborhood west of the University of South Florida treat the area’s pejorative nickname “Suitcase City” with much the same enthusiasm as patrolling deputies greet the term “green team.” They hate it.» —“Searches under attack in court” by Jennifer Liberto in Tampa St. Petersburg Times (Florida) July 25, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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