Lower Slobbovia

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Etymology

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From the name of a fictional country in the Li'l Abner comic strip.

Proper noun

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Lower Slobbovia

  1. Alternative form of Slobbovia
    • 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[1], →ISSN:
      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.”
    • 1987 September 6, George Vecsey, quoting Tom Gorman, “Third World Tennis”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
      “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.