squaresville

squaresville
/skwairz"vil/, n. Slang.
a thing, place, etc., regarded as conventional, unfashionable, or conservative.
[1955-60, Amer.; SQUARE + -s- + -ville, formed by analogy with placenames ending in possessive -s (see 'S1) and the suffix -ville]

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