sprawl

The term to describe unplanned and rampant suburban and urban growth because of the way it eats up the landscape and "sprawls" out the extent of a metropolitan area. Typical things associated with sprawl are megastores, identical housing, large yards, and 8-lane roads.

Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando are products of sprawl, in addition to millions of suburbs everywhere.

by acb December 25, 2005

urban sprawl

When formerly rural areas are threatened by the encroachment of urban areas. Happens when people move and commute further and further away from the city, soon to be followed by strip malls, Walmart, cookie-cutter housing developments and SUVS driven by soccer moms and corporate fatcats. Some people complain that it also causes higher taxes, higher crime and pollution.

Urban sprawl happens near every city of reasonable size but occurs the fastest in the Sun Belt. Urban sprawl is addressed in the song "They Paved Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot."

by [e-mail] January 13, 2008

Sprawlmart

A weak contraction of "Super Walmart." So-called because the immensely popular 24-hour store promotes unsustainable urban sprawl.

Hey, it's Friday night. Want to ride on some dizoggs and head over to Sprawlmart?

by Ted Isog May 2, 2005

Sprawl-Mart

Derogatory nickname for Wal-Mart stores.

Dude, I think that Sprawl-Mart greeter's dead

by PomoErectus November 30, 2003

Sprawlin

To leave, exit, or otherwise book it from someplace

me: "this party sucks man"
joe: " yeah lets leave"
Me: "Fine We be sprawlin"

by connor robock May 3, 2005

Sprilla

A rare species of African Gorilla, the Sprilla is prized for its soft shag fur. The Sprilla are known to steal small children and babies, but mainly their diet consists of bushes and small animals. Their toenails contain a rare substance used in the Polio vaccine, and because of this they have been hunted into a state of near extinction.

I sleep on my Sprilla fur sheets every night.

Oh, no! That Sprilla is devouring my small child (or baby)!

by PenFaceJM December 29, 2009

Spall Bag

Someone who is a complete cunt that you want to call out for being such, but you don't want to attract the unwanted attention of others around who may not be so accepting of naughty language.

*One office collogue to another*
"You know, that Michael guy they hired last month is kind of a spall bag"a

by Big Black Jack 77 June 9, 2023