KL5
English
editNoun
editKL5 (uncountable)
- (US, obsolete) Reading of fictional phone numbers that begin with 555 with “KL” being “5” on a dial pad.
Usage notes
editThe 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
edit- ^ Achenbach, Joel (1993) Why Things Are, Volume II: The Big Picture, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 237