Duckburg
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A small, rural, or provincial town. derogatory, often, slang
"Willie stuck out his hand and Skinner gave it a cursory squeeze, then breezed past him. “C'mon, man, get out of this here goddamn rain!” He sailed into the airport lobby and stopped up short. “My God,” he cried, “what a Duckburg this place is.” […]"
- 1 A fictional city, located in the fictional US state of Calisota, that serves as the home of Donald Duck, his surrounding cast, and several other anthropomorphic animals.
"Self-contempt follows megalomania fast on its heels: The Vorarlberg Rhine valley has the settlement structure of Los Angeles – a Duckburg-like reduced Los Angeles to be sure, in which almost only Mickey Mice live, scarcely a Donald Duck, surely no Uncle Scrooge Duck, not even a Gladstone Gander (but many who conduct themselves as such)."
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More examples"Self-contempt follows megalomania fast on its heels: The Vorarlberg Rhine valley has the settlement structure of Los Angeles – a Duckburg-like reduced Los Angeles to be sure, in which almost only Mickey Mice live, scarcely a Donald Duck, surely no Uncle Scrooge Duck, not even a Gladstone Gander (but many who conduct themselves as such)."
Etymology
From duck + -burg. Coined by Carl Barks in 1944, for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #49.
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