terms for CA

[Arnold Zwicky]

alan maberry, speaking from u-dub:
  I've heard CA referred to more than once as "The Fruit and Nut
  Capitol of the World".

or "the land of fruits and nuts".  but, surely, "capital".

which is to say, the land of homosexuals and loonies, but playing on
the fact that agricultural california is in fact a huge source of the
fruits and nuts in the u.s. (not to mention lettuce and broccoli,
but they're hard to work into a catchy phrase).  "queers and freaks"
wouldn't have done nearly as well.

california, from san diego through los angeles and up to san francisco
and the state Marijuana Agricultural Zone, is the mythical homeland of
gay freedom and public craziness, not to mention youth revolt.

arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu), [a] resident fruit and nut