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Second City of the UK 

Birmingham - a wonderful metropolis at the heart of the UK with a population of more than one million people making it unrivalled by any other UK city.

A city which gave the world the Steam Engine and hence the Industrial Revolution, JRR Tolkein and Lord of the Rings, Cadburys Chocolate, the Mini, Magnetic Levitational Transport, Land Rover, Celluloid the world's first plastic...the list is endless!
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Second City of the UK 

Birmingham without a doubt - 1 million population makes it far bigger than any other insecure wannabe rival.

Birmingham was the birthplace of the modern world inventing steam power and was the first to use fossil fuels to produce power.

The population of the world would still be living in mud huts but for the great inventions of Birmingham!
Birmingham the Second City of the UK we salute you for your great advancement of world civilisation!

Second City of the UK 

Birmingham according to Wikipedia is without doubt the second city of the UK - wanabee rival Manchester is a Grim Decaying Mill Town that ranks 9th - how embarassing!

1 London 7,172,091
2 Birmingham 970,892
3 Glasgow 629,501
4 Liverpool 469,017
5 Leeds 443,247
6 Sheffield 439,866
7 Edinburgh 430,082
8 Bristol 420,556
9 Manchester 394,269
Birmingham the second city of the UK - let's all laugh at the poverty stricken grim mill town of Manchester ranked at a lowly 9th!

Second City of the UK 

Manchester is the second city of the UK. Birmingham is simply a large sewer full of rats, that explains the large population. Manchester is not beaten in anything by any other UK city, and especially not the village of Birmingham.
"Holy crap! I am in Manchester! I love it so much! This place is more like the first city of the UK, let alone the Second City of the UK!"

"Ohhh I need to take a dump! Jump in the car kids we're going to Birmingham!"

Second City of the UK 

Manchester is the second city of the UK. Birmingham is simply a large sewer full of rats, that explains the large population. Manchester is not beaten in anything by any other UK city, and especially not the village of Birmingham.
"Holy crap! I am in Manchester! I love it so much! This place is more like the first city of the UK, let alone the Second City of the UK!"

"Ohhh I need to take a dump! Jump in the car kids we're going to Birmingham!"

Second City of the UK 

Manchester is the second city of the UK. Birmingham is simply a large sewer full of rats, that explains the large population. Manchester is not beaten in anything by any other UK city, and especially not the village of Birmingham.
"Holy crap! I am in Manchester! I love it so much! This place is more like the first city of the UK, let alone the Second City of the UK!"

"Ohhh I need to take a dump! Jump in the car kids we're going to Birmingham!"

flophouse 

Any house/apartment/frat house/trailer/etc. which is used for individuals to crash (sleep, chill, hang out, lurk, etc.) for a period of time. In order to "crash", one must not actually live there (e.g. have their name on the lease, own said flophouse, etc.). Flophouses are typically used by college students, drug addicts, transients, vagrants, or other unsavory characters.

A flophouse may also be the home owned by the parents of a college student, who after being away at college, wishes to live as if he/she is still at college (e.g. staying out all night, returning just to crash at mom and dad's house, then leaving again), rather than conforming to the pre-college rules.
Example #1
Dude: (Talking to someone passed out face first on the floor of his college apartment) Hey man, who the hell are you? What do you think this is, a flophouse??

Bro: Sorry dude, I must have passed out for a minute.

Example #2
Mom: Where have you BEEN for the last three days? You come home just to sleep?? What do you think this is, a flophouse??!!

Son: What's your problem? I'm an adult now!
flophouse by J3553 November 21, 2007
Word of the Day on July 27, 2026