I don't know where it comes from. I just remember when I was a kid in Massachusetts my familly used to go to church on Sunday and sometimes in the summer (or even, gasp, out of season) you'd see these old men wearing all white. Or maybe not the jacket, but the white pants, shirt, belt, shoes.... We always called this "a full Cleveland" but I have no idea how that started. But I guess (at least accourding to j.k.'s web search) that others have used this phrase too. I can't imagine that all white is very big in Cleveland. I would have guessed some place more southern, but maybe it's a regional put-down rather than anything based on actual dressing style. I guess this is the kind of crap filling up the web that makes you wonder whether it's so great after all.
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- jim 4-14-2000 2:37 pm