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Word of the Day, FRiday, January 6, 2012 - Dystopia
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Posted on 01/06/2012 5:06:49 AM PST by tioga
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).
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
TOPICS: Word For The Day
KEYWORDS: distopia
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:06:52 AM PST
by
tioga
To: xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; Slip18; SoothingDave; Gabz; Guenevere; Texan5; NicknamedBob; ...
Tis FRiday! First week of the new year has begun!
Out of bed you slackers...homework on my desk. Let the weekend begin!
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:08:31 AM PST
by
tioga
( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
To: 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.
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:10:16 AM PST
by
tioga
( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
To: tioga
Late nights and early mornings are causing a distopia in my head.
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:10:26 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: tioga
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:
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:14:46 AM PST
by
Pollster1
(Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
To: tioga
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.
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:15:14 AM PST
by
edpc
(Wilby 2012)
To: tioga
Distopia - The topia you see before you.
Dattopia - The topia over there.
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:17:22 AM PST
by
edpc
(Wilby 2012)
To: tioga
DNC-generated deception deeming distopia by death of Democracy.
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:17:59 AM PST
by
Diogenesis
("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
To: Pollster1
See? Glasses don’t work anymore. I can’t see straight Now I gotta fix it. Thanks.
A+++
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:18:38 AM PST
by
tioga
( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
To: tioga
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.
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:20:25 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Texas Eagle
Dystopia, I have it misspelled for some reason.
A+++
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:22:07 AM PST
by
tioga
( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
To: tioga
"Showing results for Dystopia. Search instead for Distopia" I wrote the book on it.
Remember? I intended it to be unforgettable.
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:22:51 AM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(I am as down-to-Earth as a baby duck, but my mind still roams the stars.)
To: Diogenesis
LMAO
it’s dystopia, ignore my misspelling.
A+++
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:23:11 AM PST
by
tioga
( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
To: edpc
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:24:26 AM PST
by
tioga
( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
To: edpc
Again, dystopia ....ignore the teacher’s misspelling.
Very true, we are halfway there already.
Again, A+++
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:26:03 AM PST
by
tioga
( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
To: Texas Eagle
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+++
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:28:32 AM PST
by
tioga
( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
To: tioga
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.
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:30:02 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: NicknamedBob
A+++ I thought it was your utopia in the book?
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:30:13 AM PST
by
tioga
( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
To: tioga
"I thought it was your utopia in the book?" One man's treasure ...
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:33:06 AM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(I am as down-to-Earth as a baby duck, but my mind still roams the stars.)
To: Texas Eagle
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.
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posted on
01/06/2012 5:33:24 AM PST
by
tioga
( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
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