gunchester
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The English city of Manchester, particularly Moss Side, referring to the city's historical high gun crime rate.
British usage; Derogatory; Informal
Example Sentences
- "″You hear people firing off guns all the time,″ she said. ″That’s why they call it Gunchester. I just thought some poor bugger’s got it again, and went on sudsing my hair.″"
- "The chief constable of Greater Manchester Police has said that the city has finally shrugged off its notorious Gunchester image thanks to their intensive efforts to combat gangs."
- "Throughout the 1970s and 80s, gang violence increased, which earned the area [Moss Side] the nickname of "gunchester"."
- "Manchester earned its name Gunchester in the 1980s and 1990s but violence came to a head when Benji Stanley, 14, was shot dead at a takeaway."
Etymology
Usage
- British usage
- Derogatory
- Informal