Word of the Day, FRiday, January 6, 2012 - Dystopia

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[tioga]

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “Word for the Day”.

Distopia

Noun

1. An imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror.
2. A work describing such a place or state: "dystopias such as Brave New World" (Times Literary Supplement).

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Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.

The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)

Practice makes perfect.....post on....

Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)

Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister

Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate

[tioga]

What is it with aging starlets and their tweeted distopia?Someone stop this incessant Barkin!

[tioga]

Tis FRiday! First week of the new year has begun!

Out of bed you slackers...homework on my desk. Let the weekend begin!

[tioga]

Make that:

The first week of the new year has ended. OR The first weekend of the new year is upon us..........whatever. It’s early, the eyes are working too hard already.

[secret garden]

Late nights and early mornings are causing a distopia in my head.

[Pollster1]

Somehow the word "dystopia" (I believe it is usually spelled with a "y") makes me think of the future promised by the slogans HOPE and CHANGE:

[edpc]

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.

The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

Considering where we are heading, I am not certain distopia will remain an imaginary place.

[edpc]

Distopia - The topia you see before you.

Dattopia - The topia over there.

[Diogenesis]

DNC-generated deception deeming distopia by death of Democracy.

[tioga]

See? Glasses don’t work anymore. I can’t see straight Now I gotta fix it. Thanks.

A+++

[Texas Eagle]

Hard to believe we’ve come to a place in our history where huge numbers of our fellow citizens actually believe a candidate who espouses free markets, limited government involvement in our lives, the right to life and the right to work will lead to distopia should he or she become President.

[tioga]

Dystopia, I have it misspelled for some reason.

A+++

[NicknamedBob]

"Showing results for Dystopia. Search instead for Distopia"

I wrote the book on it.

Remember? I intended it to be unforgettable.

[tioga]

LMAO

it’s dystopia, ignore my misspelling.

A+++

[tioga]

Dystopia

LOL

A+++

[tioga]

Again, dystopia ....ignore the teacher’s misspelling.

Very true, we are halfway there already.

Again, A+++

[tioga]

Dystopia

Yes, true.....they want all the handouts they can get, but govt dips into my pocket to get it for them....one man’s heaven is another man’s dystopia.

A+++

[Texas Eagle]

I was wondering about that. No biggie. We all go a little Dan Quayle once in a while.

Just kidding! I know Quayle was actually given a card with the word "potato" misspelled on it. He knew it was spelled wrong but he was trying to spare the teacher embarrassment and sometimes, for some weird reason, words just don't look like they're spelled correctly. Or wrongly for that matter.

[tioga]

A+++ I thought it was your utopia in the book?

[NicknamedBob]

"I thought it was your utopia in the book?"

One man's treasure ...

[tioga]

Yeah, I hear ya. I am long overdue for new glasses, so in the mornings they do not work with the old glasses and do not function on their own quite yet. Life is a bit blurry till I adjust. I glossed right over the misspelling, repeating it. RME Perhaps I should retire and collect my pension? I hear the pensions are quite good for real teachers, my virtual pension won’t get me far though.

[tioga]

My sleep has been off for awhile. Can’t seem to adjust back. After tonight’s party I will have to give it a good try.

A+++

[tioga]

Poor Dan Quayle. One of the left’s early casualties. They have perfected their art now. Probably why we will never have our dream candidate; he/she’d be too smart to run.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Dystopia behind the bush. I won’t look.

[mikrofon]

The Bush years, they say, was Dystopia,
But the Media suffers from myopia.
The evidence is clear
For all to see here-
O’s failings are a true cornucopia.

[SoothingDave]

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_775181.html

Fitzgerald declares property reassessment null and void, defying court order.

He’s got some courage, I’ll give him that.

[count-your-change]

Finally! Distopia is the perfect description for the experience of having a friend tell me that I need to “get out more and meet people instead of knocking about an empty house”. Yeah. From distopia to dyspepsia to dysfunction.

[tioga]

Wow. Keep us posted.

[tioga]

I was out enough over the holidays. An empty house is my haven. Dystopia.

A+++

[tioga]

A++++ An extra plus for getting the correct spelling!

I am LMAO...good one.

[SoothingDave]

I’m afraid that the eventual end will not be the relief of the misery in Allegheny county, but the imposition of the same misery to all counties statewide.

[Jack Hydrazine]

[tioga]

so NOW they tell me mental decline starts at 45 and I thought I had til 60.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

The liberals envision Utopia
Which we quickly find out is Dystopia
They promise a lot
A chicken in every pot
Soon we’re starvin’, a first-world Ethiopia

[afraidfortherepublic]

The unionistas think that Wisconsin is a dystopia. The rest of us think that it is a pretty nice place.

[SoothingDave]

We already told ya, but you didn’t remember. ;-)

[tioga]

I cannot believe he is defying the courts. I love this guy.

Misery loves company, why should Allegheny stand alone with high taxes? I would scream, too.

[tioga]

that explains the morning I am having. LOL

[tioga]

Some people are never happy. A+++

[tioga]

Liberals just want to buy votes, they could care less about the sheeple. A+++

Did you see there continues to be new records set in gun sales? Since liberals don’t own guns, it’s the bible clinging gun owners who will survive. At least we can poach our own food.

[SoothingDave]

He is a Democrat and Allegheny is going to have high taxes no matter what.

The point here is that the county is continually being forced by the courts to do reassessments, which lead only to more claims of unfairness, which lead to more demands for reassessments.

Meanwhile, other counties (like mine) have not assessed property values in decades. 1972 in my case.

All they want is to be left alone by the courts to decide when and where they want to assess. That I can agree with.

Nobody in any of the surrounding counties wants anything to do with the subject. A politician who promised to reassess would get booted out quick as a blink.

[tioga]

so Penn has picked a new coach....went outside that incestuous place to bring in an outsider.

[tioga]

aha! the plot thickens. good luck.

[NeoCaveman]

I'm posting today from King Barry's post-constitutional dystopia.

[Silentgypsy]

A diagnosis of dystopia does not necessarily imply the need for corrective lenses. However, the two are not mutually exclusive.

[tioga]

Wow, from the Washington Post? I was hoping the left would oppose this.

A++++

[tioga]

My eyes feel better without glasses. It just takes awhile in the morning to get them working right. Thank God for computers and reading devices that allow for increased font size. As the day goes on, this is enough. For everything else, I still have my glasses. Switching back and forth though? Makes it worse. Stinks getting old.

[tioga]

LOL A+++

[tioga]

the wApo’s editor thinks it’s a justifiable power grab. LOL they are so conflicted.

[ConorMacNessa]

The Obama Regime - forging the path on a quotidian basis through illusory hope and deleterious change to the Great American Dystopia!

Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

[NeoCaveman]

While it was in the Wash Post, the editorial is by Ed Meese.