Skyscraperland
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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