Disney World

Disneyworld English Alternative forms en Disneyworld Etymology From Walt Disney World, a resort in Florida owned by Disney which is home to a group of theme parks. Noun Disney World en informal often derogatory A place resembling the Disney World theme park, often typified by a corporately-designed saccharine cheerfulness. en 1989 Bill Bryson The lost continent: travels in small-town America 110 a sort of Disney World of American history. All the ticket takers and street sweepers and information givers were dressed in period costumes, the women in big aprons and muffin hats, the men in tricornered caps en 1994 Kumar Rupesinghe; Marcial Rubio Correa The culture of violence 87 Somehow one's acceptance into humanity is dependent on the kind of Disney World assumption that differences are only on the surface. en 2000 James Joseph O'Donnell Avatars of the word: from papyrus to cyberspace 144 There is no refuge from reality in teaching, no orderly life in a kind of Disney World of the mind where nothing really dangerous ever happens and a predictable good time is had by all. See also en Disneyland Further reading Walt Disney World en eponyms en Disney Derogatory names for places