Meanings
- metonymicallyNickname for Beverly Hills: a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
"That'll make it real easy. We can't even find him in New York. How are we ever gonna find someone in 90210? It's three thousand miles away."
1996, Anne Scott, Stage Fright, Berkley, →ISBN2 more examples
I often think that the only real Hispanics now in the United States are these Beverly Hills blondes' kids who are being raised in 90210 with Guatemalan nannies.
1995, American Society of Newspaper Editors. Convention, ASNE: Proceedings of the ... Convention of the American Society of Newspaper EditorsThe store is as meticulously crafted as a Brioni suit, with the interiors — pearwood finishes, marble details and limestone floors — created in a studio in Italy, shipped to 90210 and assembled by Italian craftsmen.
2001, Scott Huver, Mia Kaczinski Dunn, Inside Rodeo Drive: The Stores, the Stars, the Story, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From 90210, the ZIP code that includes the majority of Beverly Hills, and popularized by the TV show Beverly Hills, 90210.
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