Words at Play : Top 10 User-Submitted Words, Vol. 2

#5: Residustrial

Definition:

a neighborhood having both residential and industrial structures

Example:

In 2006, director D. W. Young originally set out to make a documentary about an abandoned lot in gritty Red Hook, a Brooklyn "residustrial" neighborhood that juts into New York Harbor. — Michelle Archer, USA Today, Dec. 5, 2008

Submitted by:

John P. Missale, NY

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