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What's nickname for Washington, D.C.?
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| July 30, 2010
Posted on 07/30/2010 10:02:26 AM PDT by JoeProBono
WASHINGTON, - New York's the "Big Apple" but what's the nickname for Washington, D.C.?
That's the quandary some folks ponder, wondering why there's nothing better or cleverer than "the nation's capital" for their metropolitan center.
A new nickname for Washington could be "DMV," for District, Maryland, and Virginia, The Washington Post said Friday.
A Post column noted New York's moniker and mentioned Chicago as the "Windy City" but lamented the somewhat blase term "nation's capital."
DMV has turned up in some publications, has frequently been heard on local radio stations and perhaps is now gaining respectability with mainstream officialdom, the newspaper reported.
Not everyone is hip to the DMV autograph.
"I prefer 'the Washington Metropolitan Area, but I realize that doesn't quite ring well as a lyric, e-mail or text message," Sandy Bellamy, executive director of the Historical Society of Washington, told the Post.
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To: JoeProBono
"Cesspool on the Potomac".
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
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07/30/2010 10:03:41 AM PDT
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wku man
(Steel yourselves, patriots, and be ready. Won't be long now....)
To: JoeProBono
I always thought it was “The Beltway”.
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07/30/2010 10:04:06 AM PDT
by
Drew68
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/30/2010 10:04:47 AM PDT
by
ct_libertarian
(Movie with a story or another Hollywood Marxist sermon? Find out at http://www.HollywoodSTFU.com)
To: JoeProBono
Sodom! A lot of people get screwed there!
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posted on
07/30/2010 10:05:22 AM PDT
by
Doulos1
(Bitter Clinger Forever)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/30/2010 10:05:27 AM PDT
by
cowboyway
(Molon labe)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/30/2010 10:05:52 AM PDT
by
roaddog727
(It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
To: JoeProBono
Den of Iniquity
Tower of Babel
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posted on
07/30/2010 10:06:09 AM PDT
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Truth29
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/30/2010 10:06:33 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: JoeProBono
Transylvania - because it’s where all the blood suckers live.
To: wku man
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07/30/2010 10:07:12 AM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(I'm getting a fine tootsy-frootsying right here...)
To: cowboyway
LOL...see my #9. I was typing while you were hitting “Post” :-)
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07/30/2010 10:07:34 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: wku man
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posted on
07/30/2010 10:08:18 AM PDT
by
jessduntno
(Each day, I await a fresh insult to America by this usurper...he never fails to deliver.)
To: JoeProBono
Sure, name it DMV. After one of the more inept govt agencies across the land. Because everyone loves their own local DMV office. Where do these people come up with this tripe?
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07/30/2010 10:08:20 AM PDT
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ScottinSacto
(W.W.M.R.D.? - What Would Mitch Rapp Do?)
To: roaddog727
I like it. 200 years and more true to it’s name than ever.
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07/30/2010 10:08:43 AM PDT
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whence911
(Here illegally? Go home. Get in line!)
To: JoeProBono
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07/30/2010 10:09:09 AM PDT
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Nateman
(If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
To: JoeProBono
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07/30/2010 10:10:10 AM PDT
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PGR88
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To: JoeProBono
“The BIG Sewer”
“The Inkwell”
“Obamaville”
“Mecca West”
“Corruptionburgh”
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07/30/2010 10:10:17 AM PDT
by
bt579
(Let's put an end...to the Dems...in 2010.)
To: JoeProBono
A Post column noted New York's moniker and mentioned Chicago as the "Windy City" but lamented the somewhat blase term "nation's capital." I thought the Windy City was Hurricane, Utah.
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