Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slumburb

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: slum-burb
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A poor municipality on the outskirts of a city, often the result of gentrification driving the urban poor to move far from the city center.

Example Sentences

"And in New Jersey today, there is still no official word on the shooting that occurred in South Orange, a slumburb of Essex."
"There is a likelihood that there will be an explosion of "slumburbs," as cities will be unable to provide basic services, much less information-related services."
"Theirs is not a complete vision by any means, with the multiple ethnicities and races of actual suburbs conspicuously absent, but it does suggest that we challenge rather than accept slumburb imagery."

Etymology

Blend of slum + suburb.

Inflected Forms

slumburbs (plural)

Questions

What does slumburb mean?: A poor municipality on the outskirts of a city, often the result of gentrification driving the urban poor to move far from the city center.
Where does slumburb come from?: Blend of slum + suburb.

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