Fishing for forum-borne cliche words

[CTroyMathis]

Okay, not necessarily cliché - catch-words/phrases etcetera.
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Most have probably heard of the term 'commieblock.'
Good or bad on interpretation aside - suburban Paris/projects of NYC or CHI/50s suburban Moscow/other Russia/Berlin/whatever - there's tons of commune blocks fitting the Le Corbusier concentrated towers in the park mold around the world.

What is a good catch-word for extremely repetitive/redundant housing in a North American suburban-type commune?
(Housing developments with extreme excess of repetive "architecture" and built environs...)

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Got some fun "words"? Got any other areas locally you'd catch-word or apply some other fun-spirited acronym/etcetera?


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Others from around the forum:
COCO= Collin County
NOEL= Northern Ellis county
PRO PC= People's Republic of the Park Cities (for goodnes sakes - offense isn't intended by this one - and it's not getting dropped. And, yes - the space is intended for added bewilderment.)
LOMAC= Lower McKinney
(I'm sure I missed some.)

[drumguy8800]

Hmm. It would be interesting if we started flinging out names to replace current, unimaginative ones and the local press started picking them up and using them and before you know it, the neighborhood catchphrases become household names, at least locally. I believe that LoMac was recently used in one of Steve Brown's articles..?

Its interesting that older neighborhoods have such cool names -- 'buckhead,' 'cedars,' 'deep ellum'... what happened to our creativity?

When posting images on skyscraperpage.com, I've been referring to the historic buildings lining south Commerce, Jackson, & Wood 'SoCo,' though that is terribly unimaginative.

I call Old Oak Cliff "No'Cliff" but that's also just retarded.

[gc]

Oak Cliff = The OC

[drumguy8800]

Oh yeah. "The Bubble."

[CityLove]

When posting images on skyscraperpage.com, I've been referring to the historic buildings lining south Commerce, Jackson, & Wood 'SoCo,' though that is terribly unimaginative.



I do believe that one has caught on. www.socourbanlofts.com (http://www.socourbanlofts.com)

TG2

[freewaytincan]

What's worse than cliches? Emoticons.

[tamtagon]

NoMo - North of Mockingbird
SoMo - South of Mockingbird

[jsoto3]

Rantanamo has given 'LoMac' good press on SSP and I don't think it will be long before it is used in local press & realty. I really think this one is going to stick as a true neighborhood name. Good job GC!

[gc]

Rantanamo has given 'LoMac' good press on SSP and I don't think it will be long before it is used in local press & realty. I really think this one is going to stick as a true neighborhood name. Good job GC!

Thanks :D

It has been used several times in Fort Worth Start Telegram articles as well. Some of you should read that paper more often. Good paper and good writers.

[St-T]

Midtown

...although no one but the "Phoenix in Midtown" uses the term. =)

[CTroyMathis]

UL with his usual great contribution.

[drumguy8800]

Midtown? Yeck.

My favorite name ever for a neighborhood is Buckhead.

"Fox Hollow" or "Quail Run" or " [insert naturey verb]"/"[insert naturey description] [insert topographical landmark that doesnt exist]" aren't cool names.

Unfortunately for us, neighborhoods are no longer grown but rather are cut out of little molds and slapped on the landscape. Therefore, I don't think we're going to see many cool new neighborhoods that will ever attain any sort of history.

[i]"Next on our Dallas tour, Plano! Here's the historic Smith house. They owned an SUV, had two dogs, the parents got a divorce, the children were drug addicts in their teens and now have both divorced as well! They now live in the northern Dallas suburb of Sherman."

I would really love a really gritty name like Hells Kitchen. We should get a map of Dallas and plaster experimental names all over it.

[Tnekster]

WV-West Village??? is that one?

Is there a V for Victory or no?

[Tnekster]

Oh yeah. "The Bubble."

I like that one...it's my dogs nickname.....Mr Bubble.

[freewaytincan]

Okay. Abbreviations are bad too.

[downtownbum]

right when the AAC first opened there was a discussion on the ticket of what to nickname the building. reunion arena was known as the old barn to stars fans, and the mavs didnt have any fans back then. the name they came up with was "the hangar" good for the reference to aviation and with the swooping windows on each side of the building i think it just fits. so maybe if i can get everybody (gc and rantanamo) on board with me it might not be too late for this nickname.

[gc]

funny, I like "the hangar"

[Mballar]

funny, I like "the hangar"

After all the money they spent on those naming rights, I have a feeling that AA wouldn't like that idea too much.

[monogodo]

I've heard to the AAC referred to as "The Hangar" numerous times on the radio, and I think in print (I unfortunately can't remember which station or paper).

[rantanamo]

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