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Dive bar is a colloquial or informal English term for a somewhat disreputable bar or pub. Such bars may also be referred to as neighborhood bars, where local residents gather to drink and socialize. Individual bars may be considered to be disreputable, sinister, of poor upkeep, or even a detriment to the community. This was especially true in the past: A 1961 dictionary defined a "dive" as "a disreputable resort for drinking or entertainment." In an article in its August 2010 issue, ''Playboy'' magazine described a dive bar as: The ''Shorter Oxford English Dictionary'' indicates that in the United States in the 1880s the term referred to an illegal drinking den or other place of ill repute, especially one located in a basement. This usage later became obsolete. ==Popular culture== * "I Love This Bar," a song performed by Toby Keith, is about a dive bar. * "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)," by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, is about a lonely man sitting in a dive bar owned by "Joe," to whom the man tells his troubles. * The 1987 film ''Barfly'' is a semi-fictional story of poet/author Charles Bukowski during the time when he was drinking heavily in Los Angeles dive bars. The film features a silent cameo appearance by Bukowski. * The television show ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' is set in a dive bar in South Philadelphia. * In ''The Simpsons'', Moe's Tavern is a dive bar in Springfield which is frequented by Homer Simpson, Carl Carlson, Lenny Leonard and Barney Gumble. The tavern is named after, and run by, Moe Szyslak. * In ''American Dad!'', ''Roger'' owns and runs his own dive bar, Roger's Place, from the attic of the Smith house. * The Food Network program ''Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives'' highlights unique foods and drinks served in dive bars. * The lyrics of the Pet Shop Boys song West End Girls include "In a restaurant in a West End town call the police there's a madman around running down underground to a dive bar In a West End town." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dive bar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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