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    [Noun]  | "bor*ough" | \ ˈbər-(ˌ)ō \


    1: a medieval fortified group of houses forming a town with special duties and privileges

    2: a town or urban constituency in Great Britain that sends a member to Parliament

    3: an urban area in Great Britain incorporated for purposes of self-government


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English burgh, from Old English burg fortified town; akin to Old High German burg fortified place, and probably to Old English beorg hill {mat|barrow|};

    [Noun]  | "borough English" 


    1: a custom formerly existing in parts of England by which the lands of an intestate descended to the youngest son


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun]  | "borough hall" 


    1: the chief administrative building of a borough


    Origin: 1938 ;

    [Noun]  | "county borough" 


    1: a borough in Great Britain of at least 100,000 inhabitants that has been given the status of an administrative county


    Origin: 1888 ;

    [Noun]  | "metropolitan borough" 


    1: any of numerous administrative divisions that with the City of London form Greater London


    Origin: 1900 ;

    [Noun]  | "municipal borough" 


    1: a borough in England or Wales having powers of self-government limited by its inclusion in an administrative county


    Origin: 1838 ;

    [Noun]  | "pocket borough" 


    1: an English constituency controlled before parliamentary reform by a single person or family


    Origin: 1783 ;

    [Noun]  | "rotten borough" 


    1: an election district that has many fewer inhabitants than other election districts with the same voting power


    Origin: 1765 ;

    [Adjective]  | "in*ter*bor*ough" | \ ˌin-tər-ˈbər-(ˌ)ō \


    1: occurring between or involving two or more boroughs


    Origin: 1905 ;

    [Noun]  | "borough" 


     [ "borough" ]

    1: borough: the act of being hit in the crotch.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1:If you don't stop trying to pee on my sheets i am going to borough you! 

     [ "Borough" ]

    1: A section / division inside a city.

      * e.g.,  ... Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island, and the Bronx are examples of boroughs. 

     [ "boroughing" ]

    1: the act of traveling from one borough to another in New York; specifically from Manhattan to other far away lands such as The Bronx or Brooklyn; other boroughs don't actually count as nobody from Manhattan ever travels that far in a single day

      * e.g.,  ... Alesia and I are boroughing to Coney Island, so we have to leave at 6:00 a.m. and stay the entire weekend. I was thinking of boroughing up to Target. 

     [ "The Borough" ]

    1: A slang term for SwansBorough,Ca. A place for hicks.

      * e.g.,  ... "I know this Gangsta' Ronnie, he kicks it in The Borough." 

     [ "The Borough" ]

    1: The Borough is Brooklyn NYC reference by the beastie boys "Open Letter to New York" from 2002

      * e.g.,  ... you know we're thorough in the borough and that's a must. 

     [ "outer boroughs" ]

    1: Any borough of NYC that is not Manhattan, namely Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Staten Island. Mainly used by Manhattan elitists who do not consider the four other boroughs part of NYC property- but it is.

      * e.g.,  ... She lives in one of the outer boroughs and commutes to work. 

     [ "plum borough" ]

    1: A town in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where kids get raped by the teachers,everyone starts drama,and white kids pretend to be black

      * e.g.,  ... “Did you see plum borough on the news last night” 

     [ "Green Borough" ]

    1: Green Borough is slang for the London Borough of Greenwich in South London.

      * e.g.,  ... A: Where are you from? 


     [ "Green Borough" ]

    2: It is nicknamed 'Green' borough because the council logo is green, the street bins are green, and 'Greenwich' contains the word 'Green'.

      * e.g.,  ... B: I'm from Green Borough. 


     [ "Green Borough" ]

    3: Neighbourhoods in Greenwich Borough are Thamesmead, Woolwich, Plumstead, Abbey Wood, Shooters Hill, Charlton, Greenwich, Kidbrooke, Eltham and part of Lee Green.


     [ "Green Borough" ]

    4: Green Borough is also sometimes used to refer to the London Borough of Bromley, also in South-East London. Neighbourhoods in this borough include Penge and Beckenham.

     [ "Green Borough" ]

    1: Green Borough is slang for the 'London Borough of Greenwich' in South London.

      * e.g.,  ... A: What endz you from? 


     [ "Green Borough" ]

    2: Greenwich Borough is also called Greenside, Greentown and Greenzville.

      * e.g.,  ... B: I'm from Green Borough. 


     [ "Green Borough" ]

    3: It is called 'Green Borough' for several reasons:


     [ "Green Borough" ]

    4:  The trash bins in the borough are green.


     [ "Green Borough" ]

    5:  The logo of Greenwich is green.


     [ "Green Borough" ]

    6:  The word Greenwich contains the word 'Green'.


     [ "Green Borough" ]

    7: Areas in Green Borough include:


     [ "Green Borough" ]

    8: Abbey Wood, Charlton, Eltham, Greenwich, Kidbrooke, Plumstead, Shooters Hill, Thamesmead & Woolwich...


     [ "Green Borough" ]

    9: as well as parts of Mottingham, Lee Green & Blackheath.


     [ "Green Borough" ]

    10: (Postcodes: SE2, SE3, SE7, SE9, SE10, SE12, SE18, SE28)


     [ "Green Borough" ]

    11: Green Borough is home to many notorious housing estates (projects):


     [ "Green Borough" ]

    12: Nightingale Estate, Glyndon Estate, Broadwater Green, Ferrier Estate, Woolwich Common Estate, Cherry Orchard Estate, Springfield Grove, Woolwich Dockyard Estate, Middle Park, Morris Walk Estate, Barnfield Estate, Coldharbour Estate, Connaught Estate, Brook Estate, Walpole Estate, Avery Hill Estate & many more.


     [ "Green Borough" ]

    13: Green Borough is home to several gangs, including Ferrier, Woolwich Boys, Cherry (Young Bloods) and Block Gang (T-Block).

     [ "Blue Borough" ]

    1: Blue Borough is slang for the London Borough Of Lewisham, South East London, England. This area is very poor and revolves around gang violence, Its is home to many gangs including: 124 (North Downham), Anti-Shower, Catford Wildcats, Anti-Shower, Block 6, Black Mafia, Brockley Mandem, Younger Brockley Mandem, Team Brockley, Turnham Gang, Turnham Young Bucks, Brocktown, Deptford Boys, Young Deptford Boys, Deptford Marlies, Young Deptford Marlies, Ghetto Boys, Young Ghetto Boys, Hells Hustlerz, Monson Bloodset, Younger Monson Bloodset, Pepy's Gang Bangers, Shower, Young Shower, Southern Shower Syndicate, Strally Gang / Shankers & Gunners, Sydenham Mandem, Sydenham Young Dons, Hood Bangerz, The Money Makers, Young Money Makers. This is why Blue Borough is named 'least peaceful' place in the UK and 'most violent' place to live in the country plagued by youth knife crime, murder and public disorder!

      * e.g.,  ... Did you hear the news Blue Borough was named the most unsafe place in the country! 

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