Meanings
- derogatoryhumorousToronto slangScarborough (district of Toronto).
I didn't always feel this way about "Scarberia." As a teen, I didn't want to live in Scarborough.
2019 November 25, Samantha Lui, “Google gives Scarborough a bad rap”, in NOW Toronto, Toronto, Ont.: NOW Communications Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Mar 20231 more example
Who says NIMBY is wrong? It wasn't Jane Jacobs, who defended neighbourhood alarms as warning signs authorities are foolish to ignore. If she were alive today, she would be ringing bells about the Markham Bypass in outermost Scarberia - a classic assault on an unsuspecting neighbourhood.
2008 May 14, John Barber, “Markham Bypass has residents’ group crying NIMBY”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2024
Origin
Blend of Scarborough + Siberia, from the perception that the area is remote and desolate.
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Scarberia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scarberia
“Scarberia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scarberia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Scarberia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scarberia.
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