bicoastal
adjective
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How Bicoastal Changed Its Meaning
Bicoastal is a word whose meaning shifted in the 1970s to reflect our mobile society. 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.
Examples of bicoastal in a Sentence
Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 21 Feb. 2025
Some colorists, like bicoastal expert Rachel Bodt, even offer FaceTime consultations.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 21 Feb. 2025
On March 25, simultaneous bicoastal raids of his Los Angeles and Miami homes played out live on CNN while the hip-hop mogul was on his private jet amid what could turn out to be a very public reckoning.
—Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025
This year’s annual event bicoastal event is being at the Beverly Hilton for the West Coast edition and at New York’s Edison Ballroom for the East Coast ceremony.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
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“Bicoastal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bicoastal. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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