Lower Slobbovia

[ loh-er sluh-boh-vee-uh, slo- ]

/ ˈloʊ ər sləˈboʊ vi ə, slɒ- /

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

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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

Words nearby Lower Slobbovia

Lower Palaeolithic, lower regions, Lower Rhine, Lower Saxony, lower school, Lower Slobbovia, lower the boom on, lower uterine segment, lower world, lowery, Lowes

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I learned that he was working and living in the Lower East Side, delivering orders for an Italian restaurant and raising two kids.
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First a shower of shells dropping all along the lower ridges and out over the surface of the Bay.
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There are many more good dwellings on this plain than in the rural portion of Lower Italy.
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The eyebrows were low and thick, the upper lip was sensitive, quivering sometimes as she talked, but the lower was firm and full.
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