Deadmonton
n.— «Jerry Desjarlais hadn’t been born when Edmonton Oilers superstar Wayne Gretzky was traded away 18 years ago.…The city was also struggling with its own financial problems and suffered from a national image in which it was often mockingly referred to as Deadmonton.» —“New generation cheers on Oilers” by Katherine Harding Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) June 4, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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