The Contiguous 41 States
xkcd imagines what it would be like if Alaska and Hawaii created maps that left off other states as well.
Linguists, settling some inscrutable grudge, have been steadily sneaking more backdated synonyms for 'sharing borders' into the dictionary. They've added 'contiguous,' 'coterminous,' 'conterminous,' and next year they're adding 'conterguous.'
