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.