Watfordn.

Brit.

/ˈwɒtfəd/, U.S.

/ˈwɑtfərd/

Etymology: < the name of Watford, a town on the N.W. edge of the London conurbation.

Used with allusion to the view attributed to Londoners that north of the metropolis there is nothing of any significance to English national or cultural life.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [noun] > provincialism

provincialism1819

Watford1973

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > remote or outlying area

nookc1480

out-country1639

outland1645

remoteness1694

backwoods1709

back county1775

remote1838

Mountains of the Moon1852

nowhere1871

the sticks1899

way back1901

downstate1905

back o' Bourke1918

far-back1926

woop woop1926

boohai?1946

bundu1946

Dogpatch1946

outback1954

toolies1961

upstate1965

Watford1973

1973 G. Talbot Ten Seconds from Now (1974) iii. 37 A man who, until he made the journey from London, thought that woad began at Watford.

1977 Times 17 Jan. 13/6 As an Englishman from north of Watford I sometimes suspect that the harmony [in Turkey] is..greater than..between different regional and social sectors in this country.

1980 D. Williams Murder for Treasure ii. 17 ‘Provincial visitors’..broadly covered anyone normally domiciled north of Watford.

1983 Oxf. Diocesan Mag. July 13/2 The urgent need is to unite the country... This does not mean watery consensus politics. It does mean recognising that..Britain does not end at Watford.

1984 Sunday Tel. 21 Oct. 9/6 Yorkshire is becoming the most militant county in England... There's the rub. The line between North and South is not just drawn at Watford. Scargill is of the South.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	watford
释义	Watfordn. Brit. /ˈwɒtfəd/, U.S. /ˈwɑtfərd/ Etymology: < the name of Watford, a town on the N.W. edge of the London conurbation. Used with allusion to the view attributed to Londoners that north of the metropolis there is nothing of any significance to English national or cultural life. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [noun] > provincialism provincialism1819 Watford1973 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > remote or outlying area nookc1480 out-country1639 outland1645 remoteness1694 backwoods1709 back county1775 remote1838 Mountains of the Moon1852 nowhere1871 the sticks1899 way back1901 downstate1905 back o' Bourke1918 far-back1926 woop woop1926 boohai?1946 bundu1946 Dogpatch1946 outback1954 toolies1961 upstate1965 Watford1973 1973 G. Talbot Ten Seconds from Now (1974) iii. 37 A man who, until he made the journey from London, thought that woad began at Watford. 1977 Times 17 Jan. 13/6 As an Englishman from north of Watford I sometimes suspect that the harmony [in Turkey] is..greater than..between different regional and social sectors in this country. 1980 D. Williams Murder for Treasure ii. 17 ‘Provincial visitors’..broadly covered anyone normally domiciled north of Watford. 1983 Oxf. Diocesan Mag. July 13/2 The urgent need is to unite the country... This does not mean watery consensus politics. It does mean recognising that..Britain does not end at Watford. 1984 Sunday Tel. 21 Oct. 9/6 Yorkshire is becoming the most militant county in England... There's the rub. The line between North and South is not just drawn at Watford. Scargill is of the South. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1973
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