Words at Play : Top 10 User-Submitted Words, Vol. 4

#4: Placist

Definition:

a person who discriminates against other people based on where the other people live

Example:

"If you happen to be from the state of Alaska they don't want your business. I don't know if the 'manager' was unaware that Alaska is an actual state that issues legitimate ID's, or if he was insisting that it was a fake ID, or if he was just being placist." — Rachel N., review on Yelp.com, Feb 17, 2010

Submitted by:

Laura M, New Zealand, July 19, 2010

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