Word: californianism
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agro: (adj.) Californian, meaning annoyed and aggravated: "Uh, Jenny's going agro on me. You think we oughta call an outreach hotline...
Whenever I introduce myself as a native Southern Californian, eyebrows rise, nostrils flare and coy smiles show. But I have become accustomed to this reaction, especially as it becomes clearer and clearer that most people simply consider the West Coast a haven for "snow bunnies" and for types of foliage that just cannot be cultivated in colder climates. I smile and tell them to give California a second chance...
...Katz, a Californian himself, had his spirits raised when the trip was mentioned...
...serial traitor to the party, shutting them out of his budget deals with Republicans, hanging them out to dry on difficult votes, bullying them into accepting tax hikes and then denouncing them for it, going over their heads at every opportunity, are not hastening to his rescue now. Californian Henry Waxman, a plausible candidate to support Clinton, summed up the mood: "He's an embarrassment to people in his own party. Even if it's not impeachable, no one wants to defend the President...
...only part of the deal. Leslie DiMaggio, 59, of Monterey, Calif., said she was insulted while checking in for her flight here. "Two airline people told me if they weren't able to get everyone on, I'd have to buy another seat." Charles Van Dyke, 46, a Southern Californian--who estimates his weight at 600 lbs., judging by a sumo wrestler roughly his size--nodded understandingly...