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/dragz"vil/, n. Slang.something unpleasantly boring or tedious.[1965-70; DRAG + 'S1 + -ville, a final element in place names]
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dragsville — /dragz vil/, n. Slang. something unpleasantly boring or tedious. [1965 70; DRAG + S1 + ville, a final element in place names] … Useful english dictionary
dullsville — /dulz vil/, n. Slang. something boring or dull: That movie was strictly dullsville. [1960 65; DULL + s + ville, by analogy with place names; see DRAGSVILLE] * * * … Universalium
Endsville — /endz vil/, adj. (sometimes l.c.) Slang. 1. most wonderful or exciting: a rock band that was regarded as Endsville in the late fifties. 2. (of a location, circumstance, etc.) most isolated or undesirable. [see END1, DRAGSVILLE] * * * … Universalium
dullsville — [adj] boring blah*, dead*, deadsville, dragsville, hicksville, tedious; concepts 529,548 … New thesaurus
-ville — comb. form colloq. forming the names of fictitious places with ref. to a particular quality etc. (dragsville; squaresville). Etymology: F ville town, as in many US town names … Useful english dictionary
Endsville — /endz vil/, adj. (sometimes l.c.) Slang. 1. most wonderful or exciting: a rock band that was regarded as Endsville in the late fifties. 2. (of a location, circumstance, etc.) most isolated or undesirable. [see END1, DRAGSVILLE] … Useful english dictionary
drags|ville — «DRAGZ vihl», noun. Slang. something boring: »University? That s just dragsville (Mark Boxer). ╂[< drag + ville] … Useful english dictionary
