This week’s theme
Movies that became words

This week’s words
groundhog day
rashomon
King Kong
Mad Max
Godzilla

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(mad MAKS)

MEANING:

adjective: Dystopian, post-apocalyptic, anarchic.

ETYMOLOGY:

After the 1979 film Mad Max and its sequels that portray a world marked by anarchy and extreme violence. Earliest documented use: 1986.

USAGE:

“For the humans who survived, it’s turned into a Mad Max, dog-eat-dog nightmare, while shifters and wizards have forged communities in the forest away from the violence.”
Nikki Jefford, et al; Once Upon A Quest; Fiddlehead Press; 2018.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: