Palookaville - Definition and Overview

Palookaville:

• Palooka is American slang originating in the 1920s meaning a stupid or oafish person. The word palookaville is an extension of this slang to refer to a place where such people may have come from. Further detail on origins of the word can be found at http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-pal1.htm

• Palookaville is also the name of an album produced by Fatboy Slim.

• A temporary name for Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.'s Withdean Stadium, used on 2 October 2004 when the stadium hosted a launch party for the Fatboy Slim album.