K-Hole

[Alice Faber]

Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
> NPR correspondent Farai Chideya has been blogging on the Katrina
> aftermath, and she titled one blog entry, "In the K-Hole/Good News/Sad
> Scenes" (see <http://faraichideya.com/>). Xeni Jardin of the Boing Boing
> blog picked up on this neologism and is now using it...
>
> -----
> http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/19/katrina_farai_chidey.html
> Katrina: Farai Chideya, live from the K-Hole
> My NPR colleague Farai Chideya has been reporting from areas hit by
> Katrina -- aka the "K-Hole," in grim shorthand.
> -----
> http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/19/katrina_a_cameramans.html
> Part three of a personal diary maintained by a friend who's a television
> cameraman working in the K-Hole.
> -----
>
> Not sure if this one has any staying power... "Lake George" didn't seem to
> catch on (<http://www.wonkette.com/politics/lake-george/index.php>).

Speaking of possible nonce terms, has anyone else heard "New Orleans
Diaspora"? I heard it once, on CBS radio, I think, but haven't heard it
since.

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