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Catchword for “doughnuting”
Catchword: doughnuting
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Part of Speech: n.
Quotation: It accuses local authorities of defacing once beautiful towns with swathes of characterless new homes and retail parks, with no pubs, shops or sense of community. The process is known as “doughnuting”—named after the ring the developments form, leaving a hollowed-out town centre.
Article or Document Title:
“Cheaper homes for prettiest villages” (URL)
Author:
Isabel Oakeshott
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Times
Publishing Location:
London, United Kingdom
Date of Publication:
July 13, 2008
This catchword has yet to be researched.
Posted 15 Jul 08 | Permalink | Tell a Friend
Comments:
In the US, doughnuting is to take one’s pickup truck and drive a very fast circle on the courthouse or city hall lawn, leaving behind a huge brown circle. Of course, one has to be teenage to get the maximum fun from the experience best performed at midnight. Yee-ha!
by SBQuill 16 Jul 08, 0142 GMT
I also think of doughnuting as what I do with my car in an empty parking lot after a good snowfall.
by AZo752 17 Jul 08, 0430 GMT

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