(Adj) City

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Feb 19, 2007, at 6:46 AM, Barry Popik wrote:

> "-City" has been popular since at least the 1950s. Compare with "-
> ville,"  as
> in "nowheresville." [1954 in NewspaperArchive; 1959 in revised  OED.]

we're doing ok on tracing "N City".  what about "Adj City" and "V City"?

ah, i see that jesse found "weep city" (a "V City" item) in HDAS,
from 1946.

there's also the sense development.  HDAS's first "city" cite --
"fist city" 'fistfight' -- is for an extended sense (not referring to
a place).

arnold

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