bicoastal

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The Word of the Day for June 15 is:

bicoastal   \bye-KOAST-ul\   adjective
     : of or relating to or living or working on both the east and west coasts 
of the United States

Example sentence:
     Richard and Laura had become a bicoastal couple, often shuttling between 
their primary home in New York and their vacation ranch in San Diego

Did you know?
     "Bicoastal" is a word whose meaning shifted a few decades ago to reflect 
our mobile society. Our featured sense first appeared in print in 1972; prior 
to that, the term was occasionally used in general contexts involving both 
coasts (as in "a bicoastal naval defense"). These days "bicoastal" is almost 
always associated with people who make frequent trips between one coast and the 
other. An article with a Los Angeles dateline published in _The New York Times_ 
in 1983 declared "bicoastal" to be "a popular term among an affluent, mobile 
set of Angelenos." But Angelenos weren't the only ones using the term -- by 
that time, the word had already been appearing in national magazines.






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