KL5

English

Noun

KL5 (uncountable)

  1. (US, obsolete) Reading of fictional phone numbers that begin with 555 with “KL” being “5” on a dial pad.

Usage notes

The KL is usually a rendering of town names such as Klondike and Klamath, and thus can be read as “Klondike-five” or “Klamath-five”.[1]

References
  1. Achenbach, Joel (1993) Why Things Are, Volume II: The Big Picture, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 237
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