I hope it's not an ongoing dilemma, Zaz. (I vote for ongoing).
I came across a similar situation with laneway (which is currently showing red). .. is it lane way, lane-way or do we just settle for lane (which is not quite the same thing)?
A google search of "laneway" comes up with a lot of Aussie related results, and not much else.
Do the Americans (and the British) recognise the term, laneway? ... actually, alleyway (which is not a term us Aussies would normally use; nor the British, I would have thought?) does not bring up any red in the UK spell checker. When you enter Penny Lane, aren't you entering a laneway - has it suddenly become an alleyway?
Sorry, I didn't mean to hijack your thread - by tying this in, I'm hoping we could kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.