nowheresville

Or No·wheres·ville

[noh-hwairz-vil, -wairz-]

noun

Slang.

1. a remote or isolated town or village.

2. a job, position, rank, etc., completely lacking in status, recognition, or a chance for advancement.

3. anything unrealistic, impractical, or useless.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nowheresville¹

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; nowhere + 's ¹ + -ville ( def. )

Example Sentences

Ted also swears that permitting a tech behemoth named SolidGoldMagikarp to build a controversial giant data center on the outskirts of the county won’t suck precious resources — it’ll transform this nowheresville into a hub for jobs.

From Los Angeles Times

Not much happens, but the people are beautiful and so too are their bikes, rumbling beasts that tribe members ride and ride on that familiar closed loop known as Nowheresville, U.S.A.

From New York Times

They'll be better when Cameron Carter-Vickers is restored and if Maik Nawrocki's impressive cameo off the bench - from his previous spot in nowheresville - is anything to go by, they have good cover at centre-half.

From BBC

“If we were ending in Nowheresville, it could be more loose and we could emotionally connect with the last shows,” Bridgers, 29, explained.

From Los Angeles Times

It's tempting to shrug it off as one-off weirdness from Nowheresville, Texas.

From Salon