The O.C.

Though an Orange County native myself, I must confess that I don’t really recognize much from The O.C. as being particularly or authentically “O.C.” — nor have I (nor anyone I’ve known) ever referred to the over-sized strip mall that is Orange County as “The O.C.” Near as I can figure, the term — as far as Melinda Clarke is concerned, anyway — must come from the Latin occasio caelestis, or “lucky break from heaven”.