n. Pejorative nickname for the bankrupt city of Detroit.
2013
There are certain events which are extremely predictable, one being any city run by progressive Democrats will ultimately fail. Detroit, or Debtroit if you like, is a gleaming example.
2013
Detroit, Michigan, may be the nation’s only large city to have sported three distinct pronunciations: the original French, du-TWAH; the 19th century American, deh-TROIT; and the more recent and homegrown DEE-troit. A fourth may soon evolve: DEBT-troit.
2005 (earliest)
americans are addicted to oil. It's a chemical dependency fostered by Debtroit.