noun phrase Street Slang

the loop

· noun phrase · texas

Houston's I-610 ring road; 'inner looper' = lives inside it.

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Definitions

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Interstate 610, the freeway loop that circles inner Houston. The city splits itself by it — 'inside the loop' = central, urbane, walkable-ish; 'outside the loop' = suburbs, sprawl, cheaper rent. 'Inner looper' is half-flex, half-insult depending who's saying it.

“She's a full inner looper — won't drive past 610 for nothin'.”
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the loop In A Sentence

She's a full inner looper — won't drive past 610 for nothin'.

Origin & Usage

I-610 was completed as a full ring around Houston in 1973; the shorthand stuck.

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