Skyscraperland

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An area with a great amount of skyscrapers. rare, uncountable

    "Two forces jostle each other in the American Psyche: the drive to make it big in the culture of corporate skyscraperland; and the yearning to escape these cell-blocks and embrace “meaningful” existence by roaming the frontier as some kind of cowboy or new age hipster."

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"Two forces jostle each other in the American Psyche: the drive to make it big in the culture of corporate skyscraperland; and the yearning to escape these cell-blocks and embrace “meaningful” existence by roaming the frontier as some kind of cowboy or new age hipster."

Etymology

From skyscraper + -land.

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