The term 'Catfish Row' is a reference to the setting of the musical PORGY and BESS. BESS is a four-letter word, PORGY is a five-letter word, TENEMENT is an eight-letter word, and WOW is a three-letter word. Catfish Row is a fictional street in Charleston, South Carolina, where the characters of PORGY and BESS live in poverty and struggle with addiction, racism, and violence. The musical is based on the novel PORGY by DuBose Heyward and tells the story of a disabled beggar named PORGY and his love for the woman BESS.