Used in a Sentence

atherton

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for atherton.

Editorial note

Palo Alto or Atherton won't budge in the next crash, but look what happened to Las Vegas.

Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6703).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of atherton gathered in one view.

noun

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6703).

noun

A town in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.

noun

A town in San Mateo County, California, United States.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for atherton.

noun

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6703).

noun

A town in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.

noun

A town in San Mateo County, California, United States.

noun

(uncountable) A placename:

Example sentences

1

Palo Alto or Atherton won't budge in the next crash, but look what happened to Las Vegas.

2

You can't get housing built in SF, Palo Alto or Atherton for the exact same reason.

3

The rich will never let this happen in Palo Alto, atherton, etc.

4

Are you going to list Woodside, Hillsborough, and Atherton as well?

5

Not a long and hard discussion about lawns in atherton.

6

At one point I stayed in Atherton and walked to/from offices in Menlo Park.

7

Still, this term encompasses everyone from bernal heights hippies who want to keep density at 18,311/sq mi to atherton billionaires who want to keep it at 1,400.

8

Same thing in hillsborough and atherton.

9

Cruise around Atherton and Los Altos hills or go to downtown PA or the nice parts of cupertino - Ferraris, Astons, Porsches, BMW, Lexus, etc, etc.

10

Except in places like Atherton where $500 per week was a typical 13-year-old's allowance, no one of Magic's target age could actually afford to play unless he got a parent or uncle or much older brother into collecting and could grab the dupes.

11

Yeah, but we're quibbling about a fraction of a percent going to drinking water in restaurants while 1 - the lawns in ruby hills and atherton are still green; 2 - agriculture -- and my problem here is profligate doesn't begin to describe how they use water; wantonly wastes is not even accurate -- is, collectively, delusional.

Quote examples

1

Bonus points for realism in the burning hedges-- if you "New Game+" it and have the flame-thrower when you get to the Atherton level.

2

Compare Atherton, UK - nice, homely "typical UK" town with busy high-street.

3

Just curious how "mega-rich fucks in Atherton" prevent railway from functioning?

4

"1 - the lawns in ruby hills and atherton are still green; " These lawns are 50% of urban use, which is 10% of total water use.

Proper noun examples

1

Francis, Menlo-Atherton, are some of the most popular high schools in the area(Palo Alto High School is ghetto).

2

Oh, and do you think you're good enough and psychopathic enough to be living in a mansion in Atherton?

3

Many of Caltrain's problems are systematic, such as lots of at-grade crossings and mega-rich fucks in Atherton.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use atherton in a sentence?

Palo Alto or Atherton won't budge in the next crash, but look what happened to Las Vegas.

What does atherton mean?

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6703).

What part of speech is atherton?

atherton is commonly used as noun.