flyover country
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The parts of the United States between the East and West Coasts.
American usage; Derogatory; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Implicit in dismissals like Mencken’s is the notion that what happens in Middle America should stay in Middle America—that what entertains or illuminates in so-called flyover country couldn’t possibly matter elsewhere."
Usage
- American usage
- Derogatory
- Uncountable