city-it

city-it
 n.— «Some local surfers complained last week that publicity for the new surfing beach would attract a large influx of city-its (rhymes with idiots), a local term for neophyte surfers from Manhattan.» —“Sand, Surf, and Permission to Brave It” by Corey Kilgannon New York Times Apr. 4, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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