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