"la-la land n. can refer either to Los Angeles (in which case its etymology is influenced by the common initialism for that city), or to a state of being out of touch with reality—and sometimes to both simultaneously," wrote another one of OED's finest, Katherine Connor Martin.
At least the Oxford Dictionary has not yet added "southland," misappropriating Lynyrd Skynyrd's sweet home for ours, as so many local TV meteorologists do.
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Must This Englishman Live?
The OED has announced its selection of new words.
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Greetings from one of the many Hollywood Norths.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. From my perspective of a decade living there, I can easily wave off "la-la land." But "Southland" never fails to irritate.
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ReplyDeleteNot as bad as "Chicagoland" but still quite irksome.
Of course, tee vee weather weasels are between disc jockeys & terminal lepers on the list, but it's funny that it's self-inflicted.
And at least there's only one North Hollywood.