Squaresville orig. U.S.
(ˈskwɛəzvɪl)
Also Squareville.
[f. square n. or a.: see -ville.]
An imaginary town characterized by dullness and conventionality. Also attrib. or as adj.
| 1956 ‘E. McBain’ Cop Hater (1958) viii. 75 This guy is from Squaresville, fellas, I'm telling you. He wouldn't know a ·45 from a cement mixer. 1961 Times 27 Apr. 17/2 To look round a crowded room and murmur ‘Squareville’ or ‘Hicksville’ may be elliptical, but is certainly more effective than the full form. 1967 P. Welles Babyhip (1968) ii. 31 It's such squaresville talk. 1968 Listener 11 July 51/1 And they went away, more than ever convinced that the war between the generations was for real. And through the window there floated a querulous, puzzled voice. ‘A queer fish, real squaresville.’ |