Meaning of Alice in Wonderland | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An observer of strange, incomprehensible or disorienting situations.
2. A strange, fantasy-like creation or situation that follows its own bizarre logic.

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Examples

“After three years of meeting in a tiny room in the student center, we were stunned that we could all get in one room and move around without stepping on each other. It wasn't crowded; and besides that, it was beautiful. We felt like 50 Alices in Wonderland.”

“But I do not live in a riding that represents the Alice in Wonderlands of the world, Mr. Speaker.”

“I'm giddy. I haven't even stopped to notice my surroundings. I'm not much of an Alice in Wonderland.”

“Brackett views the community rather as might an Alice in Wonderland according to the entries in his diaries, although the same diary entries do not reflect his later claim that he “was assigned to twelve different stories in my first year."”

“I think it is an Alice in Wonderland to say we are going to approve another drug, yet the whole fundamental thing is we still have exactly the same mortality and nobody has anything that impacts on it.”

“Sgt. Pepper seemed to be nothing less than an Alice in Wonderland for the brave new psychedelic world.”

“Some context: The Aviary is like the Alice in Wonderland of cocktail bars, a place where drinks are served in porthole vessels or in sphere/foam/gelee form (there’s an outpost in New York City, but the original is in Chicago).”

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