Slobbovia
Slobbovia proper noun: used as a placeholder country name in textbook problems, classroom examples, etc.
Proper noun
Slobbovia
- Used as a placeholder country name in textbook problems, classroom examples, etc.
- Suppose that there are 80 births in Lower Slobbovia during 1967, and that the population of Lower Slobbovia was 2,000 on July 1, 1967.1972, Arnold Birenbaum, Social Problems: Private Troubles and Public Issues, page 50
- (At this point, only readers who know the difference between Slovakia, Slavonia and Slovenia might want to proceed; Slobbovia doesn't count.)1991 December 22, Josef Joffe, “America's in the Balcony as Europe Takes Center Stage”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- A play-by-mail roleplaying game notionally based on Diplomacy.
Forms of Slobbovia
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Origin of Slobbovia
From slob + -ov (forming Slavic possessives) + -ia (forming placenames). First used as Lower Slobbovia in the Li'l Abner comic strip in 1946, its capital named "Raswashingsputin, D.C.", and its culture largely bagel-based, with vague reference to poor but moderately developed countries similar to Eastern Europe. Later maps of Lower Slobbovia placed it in Manchuria and eastern Siberia. Compare sloboda, a similar-sounding word from Slavic languages which provides the etymology for many places named Slobozia in Romania and Moldova.
Words formed from Slobbovia
Questions about Slobbovia
- What does Slobbovia mean?
- Slobbovia means used as a placeholder country name in textbook problems, classroom examples, etc.
- What part of speech is Slobbovia?
- Slobbovia is a proper noun.
Words near Slobbovia in the dictionary
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