First-Worldish

English Alternative forms en first-worldish Etymology From en First World ish. Adjective First-Worldish en informal rare Resembling or characteristic of a First World country. en Third-Worldish en 1995 More Grammar Games, Cognitive, Affective and Movement Activities for EFL Students Mario Rinvolucri, Paul Davis 64 Some of the above group belongings are very first-worldish – you will know the relevant groupings to choose for your students. en 1999 Contextualizing Classics, Ideology, Performance, Dialogue John J. Peradotto 19 While it would be foolish - not to say first-worldish - to claim post-colonial theory as part of the Marxist tradition, the importance of Marxism for such influential figures as Gayatry Chakravorty Spivak (1988) is indisputable. en 2002 A Mighty Collision Of Two Worlds Safi Abdi 121 Now tell me what's so first-worldish about a faceless mound of earth lying sprinkled flat, somewhere on the face of Mother earth? en May 17, 2004 Alex Mizuki 2010 World Cup Goes to South Africa https://groups.google.com/g/rec.sport.soccer/c/fl3NOctRmKc/m/xaWRMlgW5ZMJ rec.sport.soccer I don't think this is much of an issue. Brazil has extremely high crime rates in Rio and Sao Paulo probably matching some of RSA's worst. However, I don't think any visitors will be staying in the slums of Sao Paulo or the townships in South Africa where the violence is really out of hand. Middle-income nations such as Brazil and South Africa have both their first-worldish and third-worldian parts. And even so, the World Cups have been held in many statistically more violent areas such as Mexico, USA, South America, without greater incidence of violence than ones in Western Europe.