#urbiculture

[monriatitans]

WORD OF THE DAY Sunday, February 19, 2023 OED Word of the Day: urbiculture, n. The development of towns and cities and urban life; the pursuit or cultivation of urban interests. Also: the influence of urban culture on the rural environment.

SENTENCE EXAMPLE "Millions of city dwellers have swarmed into the countryside to set a new and increasingly widespread pattern of life which is sometimes called ‘rurbanisation’, sometimes ‘urbiculture’." - 1959, Economist 30 May 850/1

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[spitchocolate]

I think English teachers find the littlest known words ever.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urbiculture

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[monriatitans]

QUOTE OF THE DAY Sunday, February 19, 2023

"A farm is an irregular patch of nettles bounded by short-term notes, containing a fool and his wife who didn't know enough to stay in the city." - S.J. Perelman

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