Palookaville

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An imaginary town, the natural home of the mediocre and incompetent.

Word forms

Palookaville

Etymology

From palooka (“a stupid or oafish person”) + -ville. Popularized in On the Waterfront (1954).

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