21 November 2016
exurb
[ek-serb, eg-zerb]
noun
1. a small, usually prosperous, community situated beyond the suburbs of a city.
Origin of exurb
1950-1955, Americanism; ex-1+ (sub)urb
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Examples from the Web for exurb
Contemporary Examples
Economically speaking, the Commonwealth of Virginia is rapidly becoming an exurb of the District of Columbia.
How the Sequester Will Harm Republican States
Daniel Gross
February 25, 2013
Word Origin and History for exurb Expand
n. “the outer, prosperous ring of the suburbs,” 1955, American English, from exurban (adj.), by 1838 (it seems to have arisen in the writings of the reform movement focused on getting cemeteries out of cities), from ex- + urban, on model of suburb. Related: Exurbanite ; exurbia.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.
– Voltaire
On this day
21 November 164BC – Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. This event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
21 November 1694 – birth of François-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire. French enlightment writer, historian and philosopher. A man of wit who advocated freedom of religion, freedom of expression and separation of church and state. Voltaire wrote more than 20,000 letters, 2,000 books and pamphlets. He criticised intolerance, religious dogma and social institutions. Died 30 May 1778.
21 November 1936 – birth of Victor Chang, a Chinese-Australian cardiac surgeon who pioneered heart transplants. Chang was shot dead on 4 July 1991, in a failed extortion attempt.
21 November 1965 – birth of Bjork (Björk Guðmundsdóttir), Icelandic singer-songwriter, producer and actress.
21 November 1986 – Oliver North, National Security Council staffer, begins shredding documents associated with the Iran-Contra debacle that could have implicated themselves and others within the Reagan administration in the illegal sale of arms to Iran in order to fund the rebel Nicaraguan Contras.