English
Pistolvania
Blend of pistol (“handgun”) + Pennsylvania, a reference to the state's high gun violence statistics.
A blend of pistol ‘handgun’ + Pennsylvania
Middle French pistole ‘pistol (small gun)’
English pistol
Today it means
name Derogatory name for Pennsylvania: a state of the United States.
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Etymograph / Pistolvania