so-cal

in humanities the other day, this guy in front of me had a jacket on that said "so-cal" in big gold letters. i didn't know we did that. i know if you're from northern california, everyone knows it because its written across your shirt, you have a bumper sticker on the back of your car and if you have a tattoo, chances are it says "norcal" but so-cal? i'd never seen it before. i guess it's a new fad that i'm not aware of because i don't live there anymore?