Tinseltown
/ˈtɪn.səlˌtaʊn/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Christmas-themed district of a city, or a Christmas village.
Proper Noun
- 1 Nickname for Hollywood: a district of Los Angeles, California, United States. slang
"There's a woman in the window / There's a bed in Tinseltown / I'll write you when it's over / Let me take this temple down"
- 2 The movie industry, as found in Hollywood, and Greater Los Angeles, CA, US. broadly, slang
- 3 The film industry of the United States of America. broadly, slang
- 4 The film industry in general. broadly, slang
- 5 The Bollywood movie industry. India, slang
"Bollywood is also very commonly known as both tinsel town and B-town, neither of which is listed in the dictionaries."
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- 6 The Tollywood movie industry. India, slang
- 7 Nickname for Film Nagar: a neighbourhood of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. India, informal
Example
More examples"There's a woman in the window / There's a bed in Tinseltown / I'll write you when it's over / Let me take this temple down"
Etymology
From tinsel + town.