1984-ish
adj/ˌnʌɪntiːneɪtiˈfɔːɹɪʃ/UK
Etymology
From 1984 + -ish, a reference to the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Piecewise doublet of 1984-esque.
Definitions
Resembling or pertaining to a totalitarian society, especially one characterised by…
Resembling or pertaining to a totalitarian society, especially one characterised by intensive surveillance of the population.
- I have no idea what this 1984-ish-sounding organization actually does, though I suspect it has something to do with industrial processes.
- The poems were then posted on a Library of Congress website, and high school principals were encouraged in the slightly 1984-ish task of reading them over their loud speakers each morning at the beginning of the school day.
- A truly 1984-ish paradox. What had gone down the memory hole?
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No curated loop yet for 1984-ish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA