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garbage state

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables
garbage s-tate
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Derogatory name for New Jersey: a state of the United States.

Derogatory; Humorous; Informal

Etymology

Modeled after New Jersey's official nickname, Garden State, the implication being that the state is extremely unclean.

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Garbage State (canonical)

Questions

What does garbage state mean?
Derogatory name for New Jersey: a state of the United States.
Where does garbage state come from?
Modeled after New Jersey's official nickname, Garden State, the implication being that the state is extremely unclean.

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