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She’s from Pittsburgh! That’s, like, the 909 of the east!
— The O.C. • 2003
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker assumes that calling Pittsburgh the eastern version of the 909 will explain everything. That shorthand makes a place name serve as a social judgment without spelling out the details. The exclamation and comparison suggest snobbery built around the expectation that the listener shares the same associations.
Context reviewed
