Floribama

English

Alternative forms

Florabama

Etymology

Blend of Florida +‎ Alabama

Proper noun

Floribama

The panhandle area of Florida, which borders on Alabama and has cultural similarities to Alabama.
- 2002 February 26, Joshua Buker, “Re: C'mon Break-Up!”, in rec.autos.makers.saturn‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2017-11-11:
  I lived in Anchorage Alaska for 15 years prior to my moving to Floribama.
- 2003 September 29, Lyra Belacqua, “Re: Me so horny, matey”, in alt.buddha.short.fat.guy‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2017-11-11:
  We were on Cape San Blas (or was it St. George's Island?) in the Floribama Panhandle.
- 1970, Keith Laumer, The frozen planet and other stories, page 110:
  Mr. Roxy, veteran of Anti-Dispatcher Riots of the '20s, was picked up by Mobile Unit at his home in Floribama after shooting off his right foot accidentally with obsolete souvenir compressor pistol.
- 2004, Jack Beach, Without A Net: Stories of Our Risky Flights Towards Love, Loss, and Home, →ISBN, page 168:
  “Step right up, folks, the Loch Ness Monster of Floribama's Perdido Shores!” I clowned.
- 2006, N O Slak, The American Nutcracker: Time for Some Old School Crackiny, →ISBN, page 85:
  I will always be a country boy at heart and I'm proud to call the South my home. Thank you to Pensacola Beach, Lobster Fest, Floribama and the Redneck Riviera!
- 2017, Tera Lynn Childs, Straight Stalk, →ISBN:
  Back then we lived in a tiny burg in the Florida panhandle—an area not named Floribama without reason.
- 2007 May 21, Tinman, “Re: Ginos or Pats?”, in rec.motorcycles.harley‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2017-11-11:
  BBQ in Floribama ain't all that bad either. (Wuz there again last week.)
- 2007 October 3, pseudomodo, “Re: Wanna watch me lampoon myself & overact?”, in alt.buddha.short.fat.guy‎^[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2017-11-11:
  We were there this past summer ... that part of Floribama is nice.
- 2011 January 13, beerlet dhiblang, “Re: It's SOOO Cold Outside...”, in alt.buddha.short.fat.guy‎^[5] (Usenet), retrieved 2017-11-11:
  Up here in Florgia & Floribama it's a bit colder but we've cut our heating bill by 90%.