Georgia

An American measure of distance that takes in most of the afterlife.

The expression is Southern in flavor and appears in print through the twentieth century, always as comic exaggeration of how far something is spread. Its origin is unrecorded, and the tempting link to Sherman's march through Georgia is guesswork.

An imaginary extra gear, named the way American slang usually names bad ideas.

Truckers use it to save fuel on a long descent; it is also called angel gear and Mexican overdrive. The state name invokes rural improvisation, in either a mocking or an admiring spirit depending on who is speaking. It is illegal for commercial vehicles in many states, because a coasting truck loses engine braking and can run away on a grade.