sw1
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The highest levels of British government and civil service; the institutions of Westminster and Whitehall.
Example Sentences
- "But then Banks also attacked the men sitting on the other side of the table, who he saw as products of the SW1 establishment: 'You guys don't know what you're doing, all these Westminster institutions are crap.'"
- "As well as governing England, a variety of UK-wide powers are “reserved” to SW1, including overarching macro-economic and public finance functions alongside security, defense, and foreign affairs."
- "It astounds her that so many really quite successful MPs are like this – completely lacking the lizard-brained political nous necessary to truly win in politics. Relying on competence. It's like they're old radios that are struggling to tune into the frequency of the rest of SW1."
Etymology
The SW1 postcode district (from initialism of south-western) covers an area of central London that includes Downing Street, the Palace of Westminster, many government ministries, and Buckingham Palace.