A Southern California Dictionary (2)

5. Barred – adj. impossible; describes something that is not possible; something that has ended; sometimes used as a metaphor for jailed

“Beach tomorrow?”

“Nah, I have work.”

“Oh barred.”

4. PCH – n. universally-known acronym for Pacific Coast Highway

“I’m thinking we should take PCH there will be less traffic.”

3. “The” 5 – n. phrase used for a freeway name; insertion of the word ‘the’ makes the freeway name translatable to Southern Californians

The 5 is bad right now it’ll take you like 2 hours if you leave now.”

2. Lit – adj. descriptive word for something that is very fun or cool

“How was your weekend at State?”

“Dude it was so lit. I need to sleep for like 2 days to recover.”

1. Cruise – v. to go somewhere to hang out with friends

“Hey sup”

“At Jack’s house, cruise.”

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