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[Arnold Zwicky]

On Dec 16, 2011, at 11:21 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:

> "X-city!"
>
> This is pretty old,

(we talked about it here in February 2007.  cites back to the early 40s)

> but it's been revived this week:

(had it gone away?)

> http://goo.gl/PKJBB
>> Griffin's first words about Paul's arrival -- "Lob city!" he said
>> gleefully to fellow high-flying teammate Jordan on Wednesday -- have
>> already become a Twitter trending topic and a T-shirt in Los Angeles.

can someone gloss this in some detail?

arnold

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