zerosville en · NOUN
Etymology
From zero + -s- + -ville.
Meanings
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(slang, uncountable) Nothing; zilch; a place or situation where nothing is achieved.
But today nothing: nix, zilch, sweet zip dangdoodley zerosville Idaho. Tennis players have elbows, house-maids have knees, writers just have blocks.
2010, Stephen Fry, Paperweight, page 201:[…] Have you had any time to work on your music?” Surely this topic would cover the ten minutes on the road. “Naw, it's been zerosville. I keep feeling like singing but all that comes out is Lawrence Welk […]
1992, Sue Perry, Was it a Rat I Saw?, page 221: