ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Middletown, arbitrary name given to a midwestern town studied in Middletown — a Study in Contemporary American Culture (1929) by Robert S. Lynd b 1892 and Helen M. Lynd b 1897 American sociologists
: a community typically representative of middle-class American life and culture