Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Slobbovia.
“Academies do not win the Davis Cup,” Tom Gorman, the Davis Cup captain, said this summer after Boris Becker relegated the United States to Lower Slobbovia, a full year in the American Zone sector.
1987 September 6, George Vecsey, quoting Tom Gorman, “Third World Tennis”, in The New York Times, →ISSN1 more example
Mr. Gates said that disclosing what subjects the C.I.A. was researching could influence events abroad. “Let's say it was officially confirmed that the C.I.A. had authorized a study of the possibility of financial collapse in Lower Slobbovia,” he said. “One could see how that would make international institutions lending to Lower Slobbovia very nervous.”
1986 January 20, Stephen Engelberg, quoting Robert Gates, “C.I.A. Says It Has Restored Link To Campuses to Get More Advice”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Origin
From the name of a fictional country in the Li'l Abner comic strip.
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Lower Slobbovia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lower%20Slobbovia
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