A few days ago
why is los angeles nicknamed tinseltown?
why is los angeles nicknamed tinseltown?
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Firstly, “Tinseltown” is a nickname for Hollywood, California, not Los Angeles (Hollywood is a district of Los Angeles).
Secondly, the etymology of the word, “tinsel,” is:
“c.1448, ‘a kind of cloth made with interwoven gold or silver thread,’….Fig. sense of “anything showy with little real worth” is from 1660…. First recorded use of Tinseltown for “Hollywood” is from 1975.”
So, as the previous responder suggested, the nickname kind of symbolizes all the glimmering stars in Hollywood.
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A few days ago
Because it sparkles from all the Hollywood *stars*
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