Meaning & use
Slurb
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An area of sprawling, poorly planned suburban development, especially one considered unattractive.
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Critics called the new development a slurb of look-alike strip malls and parking lots.
The once-green valley had become a slurb of tract housing within a decade.
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A blend of "slum" and "suburb," coined in the 1960s to criticize unchecked, low-quality urban sprawl.
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