(Adj) City

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Feb 19, 2007, at 6:03 AM, i wrote:

> ... (i *think* the early uses of "Fat City" were for places: "Los
> Angeles is Fat City", meaning it's a place of opportunity or
> success, or the metaphorical "I'm in Fat City now" -- note the
> preposition -- meaning i've achieved success...

or, on the other hand, the N City, Adj City, and V City variants
could all have been modeled directly on place names like River City,
Prairie City, Gopher City, Elk City, etc.

> then there are "V City" examples, like "suck city" ("Bullshit
> Nights in Suck City", a genuine book title),

well, actually, not.  the title is "Another Bullshit Night in Suck
City".  oh, memory!

arnold

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