Curtisland

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A quasi-mythologised version of England as depicted in the films of Richard Curtis.

    "Curtisland was among the least "cool" products of Cool Britannia, but it was always perfect for export; Britain was suddenly a sunny, witty, self-deprecating, charming kind of place, a Doris Day film by the Thames in which it was forever Christmas."

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"Curtisland was among the least "cool" products of Cool Britannia, but it was always perfect for export; Britain was suddenly a sunny, witty, self-deprecating, charming kind of place, a Doris Day film by the Thames in which it was forever Christmas."

Etymology

From Curtis + land.

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