Dogpatch
Dogpatch proper noun: any community inhabited by hillbillies.
Proper noun
Dogpatch
- Any community inhabited by hillbillies.
- An abandoned theme park in Arkansas.
- A neighborhood of San Francisco, California.
- As the start-up took off, they opened an office in Dogpatch, and moved into a house big enough for their growing family in the Marina, a pricey neighbourhood where pastel-coloured terrace houses look over the Golden Gate.2023 May 20, Tabby Kinder, George Hammond, “So long, San Francisco”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1
- Another startup employee, who came to San Francisco to work for an early-stage AI company, showed me dismal photos from his office: a two-bedroom apartment in the Dogpatch, a neighborhood popular with tech workers.2026 February 17, Arielle Pardes, quoting unnamed startup employee, “12-hour days, no weekends: the anxiety driving AI’s brutal work culture is a warning for all of us”, in The Guardian, →ISSN...
Origin of Dogpatch
From dog + patch, the fictional setting of Al Capp's comic strip Li'l Abner.
Questions about Dogpatch
- What does Dogpatch mean?
- Dogpatch means any community inhabited by hillbillies.
- What part of speech is Dogpatch?
- Dogpatch is a proper noun.
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