Palookavillen.
/pəˈluːkəvɪl/, U.S. /pəˈlukəˌvɪl/ slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).
An imaginary town characterized by mediocrity, stupidity, or failure. Hence allusively: the state or condition of being obscure, unsuccessful, unregarded, etc. Cf. palooka n.
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun]
wanspeedc893
defaulta1387
unspeeda1400
faultingc1450
fail1477
defallation1490
ill, evil ch(i)eving?1518
misproving1542
defection1576
unsuccessa1586
defailance1603
abortiveness1611
defailment1612
ill success1615
failancea1627
unprosperitya1628
mis-success1641
successlessness1642
insuccess1646
intercision1647
failure1648
insuccessfulness1648
unprosperousness1648
defaillancy1649
unsuccessfulness1656
missucceedinga1661
non-success1665
defailurea1677
miscarrying1736
throwdown1887
short circuit1937
Palookaville?1954
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > [noun]
obscurity1578
eclipse1598
ingloriousnessa1631
deliquium1648
shade1650
incelebrity1813
notelessness1830
obscureness1873
Palookaville?1954
?1954 B. Schulberg On Waterfront 106 He goes on and gets the title shot—outdoors in the Ball Park—and what do I get? A couple of bucks an' a ticket to Palookaville.
1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 Nov. d7 A fight in the local beer parlor was considered a good night's fun. I was on a one way ride to Palookaville.
1990 Boxing Illustr. Oct. 72/1 The Liston-Wepner saga was Sonny's last stop on his sad, one-way ticket back to Palookaville.
2002 Toronto Star (Electronic ed.) 19 Sept. Though they need full sun, exposure to heavy rain will mark the petals and send competitors and their blemished plants back to Palookaville.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.?1954