Alice-in-Wonderland

[al-is-in-wuhn-der-land]

Al·ice-in-Won·der·land

[al-is-in-wuhn-der-land]
adjective
resembling a dream or fantasy; unreal: an Alice-in-Wonderland world of incompleted projects and wishful thinking.

Origin:
1920–25
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the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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Alice-in-Wonderland
 
adj
fantastic; irrational
 
[C20: alluding to the absurdities of Wonderland in Lewis Carroll's book]

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