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Lower Slobbovia

American  
[loh-er sluh-boh-vee-uh, slo-] / ˈloʊ ər sləˈboʊ vi ə, slɒ- /

noun

  1. any place considered to be remote, poor, or unenlightened.


Etymology

Origin of Lower Slobbovia

After an imaginary country of that name in the comic strip Li'l Abner by Al Capp; blend of slob and Latinized names of remote places, as Mongolia and Siberia

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The dismal, Arctic citizens of Lower Slobbovia are forever doomed to stand buried to their chins in snow, bitten from behind by sempiternally voracious bears and wolves.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dogpatchers went calling on the snowbound citizens of Lower Slobbovia, home of Lena the Hyena, world's ugliest woman.

From Time Magazine Archive

From "Frank Half-buck, the great explorer," he heard about "Lena, the hyena from Lower Slobbovia."

From Time Magazine Archive

Operation Haylift flew over rugged mountains which pilots nicknamed "Lower Slobbovia."

From Time Magazine Archive

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