单词 | new jack city |
释义 | > as lemmasNew Jack City New Jack City n. U.S. slang (freq. in African-American usage) an urban district rife with violent crime, drug use, and street gangs. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > disreputable purlieu1619 urban jungle1849 cardboard city1876 skid road1880 skid row1931 New Jack City1989 1989 Village Voice (N.Y.) 11 July 34 A new economic and psychic urban environment: New Jack City. New Jack City exists wherever there's a crack house, a back room stuffed with stolen VCRs and family jewelry... New Jack City exists in Harlem, the Bronx, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Detroit, Los Angeles, [etc.]. 1989 B. M. Cooper & T. L. Wright New Jack City (film script) (O.E.D. Archive) 110 If we as a nation don't begin to confront the problem of crack and other drugs realistically..then New Jack City will continue to thrive. 1999 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 25 Feb. c2 It's serious in documenting the certainty that a New Jack City, a crime-riddled ‘darktown’, exists in every major metropolis in this country. < as lemmas |
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