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Old 05-19-2020, 09:24 PM
 
Location: 89434
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Old 06-01-2022, 04:00 PM
 
Location: So Ca
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“Between 1931 and its appearance in the 1980s, ‘Cali’ is exceedingly rare to find in print use,” said Grant Barrett, a linguist, lexicographer and co-host and co-producer of “A Way with Words.” One exception he found: Lester Berrey’s 1947 “American Thesaurus of Slang” includes several nicknames for California, including “Eureka State,” “Golden Poppy State,” “Land of Perpetual Sunshine” and, yes, “Cali.”

So, the term “Cali” has been around for nearly a century (at the very least). Why do some Californians consider it cringey today?

“Slang words have their own built-in obsolescence. And it’s a way of marking divides — generational, regional, insider versus outsider,” said Bradley...."

Love it or hate it, the nickname ‘Cali’ has a surprisingly long history:
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...y-long-history
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Old 06-01-2022, 04:47 PM
 
Location: San Diego CA>Tijuana, BC>San Antonio, TX
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Mexican Americans just call it CALIFAS!
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Old 06-01-2022, 04:55 PM
 
Location: Boydton, VA
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""Cali" curls my hairs!" Me too, and I've been gone for almost 50 years!
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Old 06-01-2022, 06:03 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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Get used to it.



I lived in CA as a kid, and then later on, (I just left), and always say "Cali".
Dude lives in Queens. Sooo....

Goin back to Yorky........
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Old 06-01-2022, 08:24 PM
 
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You seem to be an obsessed, consistent rabid California hater. If you do actually live here why don’t you move? American democracy and freedom to move anywhere you like.

You don't sound confident about California.


The people in my life who are confident about California don't care one whit about what any critic says.


Why do you care what any critic says ?
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Old 06-01-2022, 08:51 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Growing up in California, I never used the term and no one I know did. But when I moved away, a lot of people who arent from California use it.
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Old 06-01-2022, 09:52 PM
 
Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA
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No native Californians ever use this term.
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Old 06-01-2022, 10:01 PM
 
Location: Dayton OH
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When I lived & worked in Orange County, a co-worker originally from Washington DC had a license plate DC2CALI. The OP would have had a cringe attack on the highway!
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Old 06-01-2022, 10:50 PM
 
Location: West coast
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I guess the beer snobs cringe when they hear the term brewski.
Snobs just being snobs.
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