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(Washington Post) Silly The trendy new nickname for the Washington, DC / Maryland / Virginia metro area is: The DMV. Because you associate the DMV with being fun, hip, and pleasant   (washingtonpost.com) divider line 72
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AzDownboy [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 05:43:24 PM
That's almost as bad as "DelMarVa", the uvula-shaped piece of land on the east side of the Chesapeake.
 
Jaromayo
2010-07-30 06:40:56 PM
"I've been to hell. I spell it. I spell it D M V"

Still true...
 
katghoti
2010-07-30 06:44:17 PM
How about BLOSUCKLE

Blood
Sucking
Leaches

/also the name of a pron movie featuring cross-dressing midgets in nazi uniforms. Fascists!
 
UsikFark
2010-07-30 06:44:40 PM
what's wrong with the nicknames "Dee-Cee" and NOVA? fark Delaware.
 
questionallthings
2010-07-30 06:47:07 PM
As being a NoVA resident I can say with absolute certainty that this author can suck a big ol' DMV.
 
The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves
2010-07-30 06:47:36 PM
Calling it just "DC" is too hard?
 
BobSoccamono
2010-07-30 06:48:26 PM
It's a Leper colony
 
oldebayer
2010-07-30 06:49:28 PM
I have the perfect name for it. Alas, the Beetle Bailey strip already has the rights to "Camp Swampy."
 
namegoeshere [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 06:51:15 PM
So when you go there, you have to stand in a loooooooooooooooong line to take a number, and wait a looooooooooooooong time for your number to be called, to be told that you are at the wrong window, and to sit your ass back down and wait for your number to be called again (or not) only to then be told that you do not have the right piece of paper so you'll need to come back tomorrow?

Sounds like fun.
 
The Face Of Oblivion
2010-07-30 06:51:26 PM
Sounds about right. A bunch of Marion Barry appointees wasting your time and pumping out similarly-minded kids.
 
vegastar
2010-07-30 06:52:10 PM
Really? The rest of America just calls it "the asshole".
 
losalmon
2010-07-30 06:53:39 PM
Not really trendy or new.

/Didn't RTFA.
 
rooftop235
2010-07-30 06:53:39 PM
Primus:DMV (album version) (new windowy thing)

albums.ml-cdn.com

//Primus sucks
///like your mom
 
bv2112
2010-07-30 06:54:40 PM
I live in DC, I never heard this shiat until I read the newspaper today. If I start hearing this left and right from now on, I am going to get aggro.
 
MBarry [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 06:54:49 PM
Hey DC and NoVa farkers... do any of us actually call it this nonsense?

/Let's have a DMV fark party!!
 
elliemooneyham [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 06:55:53 PM
Oh Dear Lord, I live in the DMV. Will somebody please help me...pleeeeeze!!!!!!
 
Joelogon [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 06:56:41 PM
MBarry: Hey DC and NoVa farkers... do any of us actually call it this nonsense?

/Let's have a DMV fark party!!

We call it "maize."

/stubmitter
 
Gdalescrboz
2010-07-30 06:57:46 PM
I dont associate DC/Maryland/Virginia as fun, hip, or pleasant. Whats the deal here? First Time tooting NYs horn, now Washington post is playing its skin flute. That entire area just loves the smell of its fecal matter
 
questionallthings
2010-07-30 06:58:52 PM
MBarry: Hey DC and NoVa farkers... do any of us actually call it this nonsense?

/Let's have a DMV fark party!!

No we don't call it that.....ever. And sure I'm up for a party of any type. Except a DMV party.
 
yequalsy
2010-07-30 07:02:34 PM
The only thing this articles illustrates is how farking pathetic the WaPo has become.
 
maxheck
2010-07-30 07:03:47 PM
Balwash!

Washmore!
 
Katie98_KT
2010-07-30 07:04:05 PM
bv2112: I live in DC, I never heard this shiat until I read the newspaper today. If I start hearing this left and right from now on, I am going to get aggro.

same. (except I live in the MD suburbs)
 
Trey Le Parc
2010-07-30 07:04:41 PM
EVeryone I know calls it a shiathole.
 
farkingismybusiness
2010-07-30 07:11:46 PM
Old news (new window) This article is from march 09.
 
bingethinker [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 07:14:01 PM
This must be an American thing. The worst lineup I've ever been in was in downtown Toronto. It took me a whole 30 minutes to renew my license. Then I moved to a small town. I was second in line the second I walked in the door, and the woman who served me was friendly, and helpful, and downright chipper.
 
OldeCoot
2010-07-30 07:14:53 PM
Hey! You just leave Maryland out of this!

You can call the rest VD.
 
GoodOmens
2010-07-30 07:19:05 PM
Um that's been the nickname for a while now. What's new about it?
 
myrla_cat
2010-07-30 07:22:06 PM
took me under an hour both times in Alexandria VA, just go to the ones that are slightly off the beaten path.. AND NOT THE ONE IN THE MALL ON SATURDAY MORNING. SERIOUSLY. Springfield Mall is NOT that awesome to wait hours in.

/should know, worked there.
//and Landmark
///wish i'd have had slashies for some customers there...
 
JonnyBGoode
2010-07-30 07:23:41 PM
So.... waiting in ridiculously long lines all day, and dealing with stifling, unsympathetic bureaucracy?

Sounds about right.
 
pacochu
2010-07-30 07:28:55 PM
Wow, no Patty or Selma pics? Are the Simpsons fans slipping already?
 
jspenguin [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 07:32:45 PM
pacochu: Wow, no Patty or Selma pics? Are the Simpsons fans slipping already?

Just for you:

jetsetrnv8r.files.wordpress.com
 
belhade
2010-07-30 07:46:47 PM
rooftop235: Primus:DMV (album version) (new windowy thing)


//Primus sucks
///like your mom

Concert version (new window)


/Primus doesn't suck
//unfortunately neither did your mom
 
Magorn [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 07:54:45 PM
No, No it isn't. Because of various organizations I'm in, I've had to rub elbows with damn near every hipster, scene-maker, goth, wannabe, yuppie, buppie, asshole, cletus, sporto, dweeb, geek, slut and motorhead in the tri-state area and never ONCE have I heard this term used

/they all think I'm a righteous dude
 
PabloHosehead
2010-07-30 07:54:50 PM
DeMilitarized Vaginas?
 
OhEmmGeee ClayAiken!!!
2010-07-30 07:58:15 PM
meh, I guess I don't call it DMV, but have heard it used often enough.
 
steelydaniel
2010-07-30 08:05:13 PM
Slow news day at the WP?

People have been using this for years. It picked up thanks to twitter and radio.

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23DMV (new window)
 
FirstNationalBastard [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 08:06:30 PM
Trendy new nickname?

The escorts on Craigslist and Backpage have been using this abbreviation for years!

...uh... so I have been told.

Hey, look, over there!

/zoom
 
Cinaed
2010-07-30 08:24:48 PM
How about 'No, I live in VA, fark you.' instead?

VA may be messed up, but it's a distinctly different variety apart from DC and MD.
 
TaGirl_Keri
2010-07-30 08:38:33 PM
DMZ
 
Arcangela
2010-07-30 08:42:24 PM
Cinaed: How about 'No, I live in VA, fark you.' instead?

VA may be messed up, but it's a distinctly different variety apart from DC and MD.

A former classmate of mine was always quick to remind people that NOVA had always been occupied by Union forces and therefore it was separate and distinct from the rest of the Commonwealth.

But I will grant you that NOVA is nonetheless neither D.C. nor Maryland.

/Richmonder
 
tuffsnake [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 08:43:20 PM
nicotommer: DC denizens should not be allowed to name things, ever. Make another city vote for a nickname.

But then they'd be whinging about "naming without representation", the farking "taxation without representation" plates are bad enough
 
Bronzed War God
2010-07-30 08:45:56 PM
It's just a suburb of the massive metropolis of Bosnywash.
 
SchlingFocker [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 08:46:28 PM
Back in the day, we called it the Department of Mothervuckers.
 
Dialectic
2010-07-30 08:51:29 PM
It's familiar to listeners of black-oriented radio stations such as WKYS-FM and WPGC-FM, whose DJs decorate their patter with mentions of it. It also pops up as geographical shorthand ("DMV man seeks woman") on Craigslist, the classified-ad Web site.


Yo, DMV fo' life, homie g.

Representin' in tha hizhouse!
 
scalpod
2010-07-30 09:12:20 PM
static.clanbase.com

No thanks, I think I'll just stick with "Capital Wasteland" scrubby.
 
Foaming [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 09:32:30 PM
My favorite place abbreviation is Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (DUMBO) in Brooklyn.
 
DSEILXYC
2010-07-30 09:45:37 PM
AzDownboy: That's almost as bad as "DelMarVa", the uvula-shaped piece of land on the east side of the Chesapeake.

Except that people actually use the name "DelMarva" to refer to the eastern shore. I've never heard anybody refer to the Washington metro area as "DMV".
 
shanteyman [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 10:02:13 PM
They could've called MVD ... Oh wait; that's 45 miles north in Essex !
 
dustman81 [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 10:02:15 PM
bingethinker: This must be an American thing. The worst lineup I've ever been in was in downtown Toronto. It took me a whole 30 minutes to renew my license. Then I moved to a small town. I was second in line the second I walked in the door, and the woman who served me was friendly, and helpful, and downright chipper.

I think it's a DC, Maryland, Virginia thing. A couple of months ago, I walked into a branch of the Ohio BMV and was served almost immediately. I was able get new plates, renewed my license and was out the door in 15 minutes.
 
degenerate-afro
2010-07-30 10:14:17 PM
Obviously no one here listens to 92Q in Baltimore or WKYS in DC. Both stations have been calling it "The DMV" for years now. I'm pretty sure I even heard 98rock say it once or twice, but I'm sure they were just making fun of the hip-hop stations.
 
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