BLACKBOARD JUNGLE


Meaning of BLACKBOARD JUNGLE in English

Informal.

a school or school system characterized by lack of discipline and by juvenile delinquency.

[ 1950-55; on the model of ASPHALT JUNGLE; popularized by the novel of the same name (1954) by American author Evan Hunter (b. 1926) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .