First, a fun fact that might blow your mind: “D.C.” stands for District of Columbia. Not “Washington City,” not “Dense Chaos.” It’s the District—a 68-square-mile bubble where federal meets funky.
And “Columbia” isn’t a state. It’s a poetic name for America itself, dreamed up by early poets. So every time you say “D.C.,” you’re literally saying “the place where America gets its groove.”