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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A once thriving town, especially a boomtown of the American West, that has been completely abandoned.
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- noun A town which has become
deserted , usually due to failing economic activity. - noun An Internet forum that lacks active users.
- noun Figurative. An artist who lacks a fanbase.
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- noun a deserted settlement (especially in western United States)
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treeseed commented on the word ghost town
noun
Date: 1931
: a once-flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource
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Also as the result of an ecological disaster as in the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls, New York or Chernobyl
February 6, 2008
reesetee commented on the word ghost town
Don't forget the lovely Centralia, PA. :-(
February 6, 2008