" megalopolis "

 [ "Megalopolis" ]

1: A series of interconnecting or adjacent cities with a total population of 10 million or greater. Due to urban and transportation development between the individual cities, the boundries of the areas tend to become blurred, making it seem like one massively overdeveloped region. Many of these areas, as well as being centers of business and industry, are also a cultural meccae and have a major affect on the cultures and lifestyles of their residents as well as their countries and the rest of the world and vice versa.

  * e.g.,  ... The American East Coast Megalopolis, which includes: Boston; New York City; Philidelphia; Baltimore; Washington D.C. 

 [ "Doomed Megalopolis" ]

1:  Something hopelessly beyond salvation. All your base are belong to someone else, and they have the deeds to all your base in a very firm grip. fubar.

  * e.g.,  ...  No wonder your previous landlord billed you a G on top of the deposit he kept. I saw that place when you guys moved out, you vacated a Doomed Megalopolis, not an apartment. 

 [ "Doomed Megalopolis" ]

2:  Something terribly dissapointing. Worse than Rocky V. Worse than any Dolph Lundgren movie.

  * e.g.,  ...  In spite of the great things I heard about the first death scene in "Suspiria", that films' status as a Doomed Megalopolis is concrete in my book. 

 [ "Doomed Megalopolis" ]

3:  Any hypothetical or imaginary scapegoat for a problem. A not yet realized obstacle. In a situation where the negative effects of an unknown cause are being experienced, the unknown cause.

  * e.g.,  ...  If someone hadn't told me about the strike, I would have guessed from the look of things that a fatal error had ocurred in our landfill's Doomed Megalopolis. 

 [ "Doomed Megalopolis" ]

4:  A terrible anime of the same name. The inspiration for all of these definitions. Worth watching.

  * e.g.,  ...  Even though its horrible, in its own way, the movie Doomed Megalopolis has something to teach us all. 

 [ "Megalopolis" ]

1: In ancient Greek, it meant a large town.

  * e.g.,  ... - “I am so sick of living in a megalopolis, I want some tranquility.”