Boswash

[ baws-wosh, -wawsh, bos- ]

noun

, Informal.

1. the heavily populated area extending from Boston to Washington and including New York City, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Boswash¹

Bos(ton) + Wash(ington)

Example Sentences

But instead of picking an obvious BosWash hub or creative-class boomtown, it could opt to plant itself in a medium-sized city in a conservative state — think Nashville or Indianapolis or Birmingham.

From Seattle Times

Almost half the U.S. population, predict the Hudson Institute's Herman Kahn and Anthony J. Wiener, will live in three huge maritime megalopolises, which they call "Boswash," "Chipitts" and "Sansan."

From Time Magazine Archive

Cosmopolitan Boswash will be the home of "New York liberals, Boston bankers, tired or creative intellectuals in publishing, entertainment and the arts, and political Washington."

From Time Magazine Archive

The researchers at the Hudson Institute look forward to at least three megalopolises in the U.S. alone�"Boswash," stretching from New England to the nation's capital, "Chipitts," burgeoning southeast from the Great Lakes to Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle, and a third along the West Coast.

From Time Magazine Archive