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