Tinseltown

noun

Tin·​sel·​town ˈtin(t)-səl-ˌtau̇n How to pronounce Tinseltown (audio)
 also  ˈtin-zəl-
: hollywood
seduced by Tinseltown
Tinseltown adjective

Examples of Tinseltown in a Sentence

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Like No Other Tinseltown’s inclination toward an action movie third-act TKO aside, insiders tell Deadline that dread over a possible Trump return to the Oval Office has become the only conversation anyone in the C-suites and West L.A. enclosures are having right now. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024 The city of Los Angeles has many marquee names – Tinseltown, La La Land, the City of Angels. Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024 Zendaya, who has collaborated with Roach from her Disney Channel days through to her life now as one of Tinseltown’s most bankable stars, acknowledges that her buzzy career owes plenty to his strategic sartorial scaffolding. Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2024 Its title became virtually synonymous with Tinseltown excess and hubris. Chris Morris, Variety, 29 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Tinseltown 

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Tinseltown was in 1978

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“Tinseltown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tinseltown. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.

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