Duckburg

Definitions

1. A fictional city, located in the fictional US state of Calisota, that serves as the home of Donald Duck, his surrounding cast, and several other anthropomorphic animals.
2. A small, rural, or provincial town.
   derogatory, often, slang

Equivalents

13 more languages

العربيةمَدِينَة الْبَطِّ

ČeštinaKačerov

ΕλληνικάΛιμνούπολη

SuomiAnkkalinna

ItalianoPaperopoli

日本語ダックバーグ

한국어덕버그

NederlandsDuckstad

PolskiKaczogród

PortuguêsPatópolis

RomânăRațburg

РусскийДа́ксбург

SvenskaAnkeborg

Examples

“Self-contempt follows megalomania fast on its heels: The Vorarlberg Rhine valley has the settlement structure⟳ of Los Angeles – a Duckburg-like reduced Los Angeles to be sure, in which almost only Mickey Mice live⟳, scarcely a Donald Duck, surely no Uncle Scrooge Duck, not even a Gladstone Gander (but many who conduct themselves as such).”

“And [Springfield is] east to Duckburg, Calistoa?^([sic])”

“The nation 'Nationwide', like⟳ the inhabitants of Duckburg, seems to be principally concerned with the process⟳ of consumption. Unlike Duckburg, though, we consume⟳ principally in families -- entering the Supersize competions (Monday nights 1975) together, and even enlarging our family size together ('Citizen '76' Monday nights 1976).”

“To this day, I am still confused about the fact that, in this town of anthropomorphic ducks (Duckburg, duh), there were non-anthropomorphic ducks that the anthropomorphic Ducks sometimes fed at the park⟳, with absolutely no acknowledgment that they were one and the same species, or that the other ducks were technically naked by anthropomorphic Duck standards.”

“Now, of course, some would argue⟳ that even if someone were stuffing a large fraction of the money supply⟳ into a money bin sitting on a hill in Duckburg, Say’s Law could continue⟳ to hold⟳.”

“What if your counterparty is the airport of Duckburg? Where are you going to imply default probabilities from, let⟳ alone credit volatilities and credit-underlying "correlations”?”

“Willie stuck out his hand and Skinner gave it a cursory squeeze⟳, then breezed past him. “C'mon, man, get⟳ out of this here goddamn rain⟳!” He sailed into the airport lobby and stopped up short. “My God,” he cried, “what a Duckburg this place⟳ is.” […]”

“Let⟳ them lambast Miami, give⟳ the hundred-bestplaces-to-live-in awards to the Orlandos and the Duckburgs, let⟳ the walking oatmeal of the race⟳ go live⟳ in such places and leave⟳ Driscoll to his Doc Jameroskis and Ray Brisas and the guys off the street who'd take⟳ a dollar not to steal⟳ his hubcaps.”

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