LincMad's Area Code Mnemonics
| Code |
Mnem. |
Area |
Notes |
| 229 |
ABY |
GA: southwestern |
AlBanY; also BAY |
| 242 |
BHA |
Bahamas |
BaHAmas, or bAHAmas |
| 246 |
BIM |
Barbados |
local nickname for Barbados |
| 264 |
ANG |
Anguilla (Caribbean) |
|
| 268 |
ANT |
Antigua (Caribbean) |
|
| 269 |
ANY |
MI: Kalamazoo |
Give us ANY old number! |
| 276 |
ARM |
VA: southwestern |
Keep us at ARM's length from D.C.! |
| 284 |
BVI |
British Virgin Islands |
|
| 321 |
--- |
FL: Space Coast, Cape Canaveral |
3-2-1-blastoff! |
| 323 |
FAD |
CA: outer central Los Angeles |
The epicenter of trendiness |
| 352 |
FLA |
FL: Gainesville, Ocala |
|
| 386 |
FUN |
FL: Daytona Beach |
Spring Break! |
| 424 |
GAG |
CA: coastal L.A. County |
icky overlay cancelled |
| 425 |
HAL |
WA: Redmond |
all-powerful computer run amok |
| 435 |
HEL |
UT: rural areas |
incl. HELper, Utah |
| 456 |
I-56 |
Int'l inbound 56K |
|
| 473 |
GRE |
Grenada (Caribbean) |
|
| 475 |
IRK |
CT: southwestern |
New code annoys some |
| 484 |
HUG |
PA: Phila. suburbs |
You've got a friend in PA! |
| 562 |
Lo B |
CA: Long Beach |
|
| 563 |
JOE |
IA: Quad Cities |
We're average JOEs |
| 564 |
LOG |
WA: western, outside Seattle metro |
timber industry |
| 573 |
LSD |
MO: Columbia, Jefferson City |
incl. state capital |
| 623 |
MAD |
AZ: west Phoenix area |
angry about the 3-way split? |
| 626 |
MAN |
CA: Pasadena |
Man, oh, man! |
| 627 |
NAP |
CA: Napa and Sonoma Counties |
NAPa |
| 636 |
MEN |
MO: St. Charles, suburbs of St. Louis |
Real men don't use 314? |
| 646 |
MHN |
NY: Manhattan NYC |
ManHattaN; Not In My 212 |
| 649 |
946 |
Turks & Caicos (Caribbean) |
most numbers are 649-946-xxxx |
| 664 |
Mo I |
Montserrat Island (Caribbean) |
|
| 678 |
Mr T |
GA: Atlanta |
The A-Team lives in Atlanta? |
| 758 |
S Lu |
St. Lucia (Caribbean) |
|
| 767 |
ROS |
Dominica (Caribbean) |
capital is ROSeau |
| 772 |
SPA |
FL: Vero Beach |
coastal resorts |
| 784 |
SVG |
St. Vincent & the Grenadines (Caribbean) |
|
| 786 |
SUN |
FL: Miami/Dade |
|
| 787 |
Pt R |
Puerto Rico |
|
| 832 |
TEC |
TX: Houston |
Houston is high-TECh? |
| 843 |
TID |
SC: Charleston, coastal |
Tidewater? |
| 847 |
VIP |
IL: north suburbs of Chicago |
|
| 856 |
SOD |
NJ: southwestern |
New Jersey's farm belt |
| 858 |
ULT |
CA: La Jolla |
It's the ULTimate! |
| 859 |
UKY |
KY: Lexington, Covington |
Univ. of Kentucky |
| 865 |
VOL |
TN: Knoxville |
U. Tenn. VOLs (Volunteers) |
| 867 |
TOP |
Yukon, NWT, Nunavut (northern Canada) |
TOP of the world |
| 868 |
TnT |
Trinidad & Tobago (Caribbean) |
|
| 872 |
USA |
IL: Chicago (312 & 773) |
|
| 925 |
WAL |
CA: Walnut Creek, Livermore |
also 925=Y2K |
| 936 |
ZEN |
TX: Huntsville |
I've a YEN for the ZEN |
| 937 |
YES |
OH: Dayton |
Say YES to 937! |
| 949 |
WHY |
CA: south Orange County |
WHY split 714?? |
| 979 |
WRY |
TX: College Station |
Aggies have a WRY sense of humor? |
