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B-town en · PROPN

Etymology

Compare A-Town, D-Town, K-Town.

Meanings

1. (India, slang) The Bollywood movie industry.
   • Bollywood is also very commonly known as both tinsel town and B-town, neither of which is listed in the dictionaries. 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 302:
   • Indian studios provide media services to Western costumers, and foreign money has been poured into shared partnership studios working in the Mumbai film industry. ‘It’s Raining Dollars in B-Town’, trumpeted India Today headlines, and international involvement has only increased. In 2008, Danny Boyle’s cinematic adaptation of Slumdog Millionaire was shot in Bombay’s Dharavi slum and attracted worldwide attention. 2016, Jasmine Y. Damle, Popular Hindi Cinema: Aesthetic Formations of the Seen and Unseen, Routledge, →ISBN, page 209:
2. (Canada, colloquial) Brampton (city in Ontario).
   • Hey #Brampton, thanks for all the love so many of you showed today. I meant to tweet this earlier but got busy. Many of u know I grew up in B-town so anytime I get a chance to report there, it really feels special. 2020 June 11, @brandongonez, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2025:
   • just hanging out with @22wiggins in #Brampton at #policarobmwgrandopening. Just another day in B-Town #nbacanada 2016 June 14, @Haz_Pundaz, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2025:
   • The Baddies are coming to B-town? 2024 April 5, Osobe Waberi, “Baddies in Brampton? A major reality TV series is coming to Canada and people have so many questions”, in Now Toronto, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2024:
3. (US, informal) Baltimore (a city in Maryland, United States).

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