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Generica noun. Generic America. Landscape features (such as strip malls, pre-fab housing, and streets named "Main") that are identical no matter what part of America you visit.

Example Citation:
"Along with the supe and the poet, the progressive alty paper argues chain stores give neighborhoods a 'homogenous look many call 'Generica', generic America.' "
—Bob Armstrong, "Howling against the siren-song of gentrification," The San Francisco Examiner

Related Word:
anti-anti-American

Subject Category:
Culture - General

Posted on December 8, 1996 at 8:53 AM
Updated on December 8, 1996 at 8:53 AM


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