Lower Slobbovia

English Etymology From the name of a fictional country in the Li'l Abner comic strip. Proper noun en Slobbovia. en Stephen Engelberg w:Robert Gates C.I.A. Says It Has Restored Link To Campuses to Get More Advice The New York Times 1986-01-20 https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/20/us/cia-says-it-has-restored-link-to-campuses-to-get-more-advice.html 0362-4331 Mr. Gates said that disclosing what subjects the C.I.A. was researching could influence events abroad. “Let's say it was officially confirmed that the C.I.A. had authorized a study of the possibility of financial collapse in Lower Slobbovia,” he said. “One could see how that would make international institutions lending to Lower Slobbovia very nervous.” https://web.archive.org/web/20220526162409/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/20/us/cia-says-it-has-restored-link-to-campuses-to-get-more-advice.html 26 May 2022 en George Vecsey Tom Gorman (tennis) Tom Gorman Third World Tennis The New York Times 1987-09-06 https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/06/sports/sports-of-the-times-third-world-tennis.html 0362-4331 “Academies do not win the Davis Cup,” Tom Gorman, the Davis Cup captain, said this summer after Boris Becker relegated the United States to Lower Slobbovia, a full year in the American Zone sector. https://web.archive.org/web/20220526163132/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/06/sports/sports-of-the-times-third-world-tennis.html 26 May 2022 en placeholder terms terms derived from fiction terms suffixed with -ia (place) en Fictional locations