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Gomorrah

noun

gə-ˈmȯr-ə

Definition of Gomorrah

as in sink

a place of great vice and corruption looks upon Las Vegas as a Gomorrah that undermines traditional values

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cesspool

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In Levittown, the cost-cutting builders at first hadn’t even bothered with tanks and had installed cesspools instead—three decades later, the suburb’s sewer system was still under construction.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
The tea that Housewives have on each other, especially in Atlanta, is a never-ending cesspool of rumors, blogs, Instagram DMs, and whispers through a complex network of girls and gays.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 25 May 2026

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