2016年9月27日 星期二

subtext, subtopia, suburbia

In Suburbia, Doubts Persist About Trump

Undecided women in Philadelphia’s suburbs, a crucial voting bloc, said Mr. Trump had not only failed to win them over but in many cases had repelled them.


The latest round of the battle started with Microsoft’s boss, Steve Ballmer, sending a stern warning to Yahoo!’s board to begin discussing a deal or face a hostile takeover. Yahoo! responded with a letter whose subtext was, “keep it friendly, please, we’re only holding out for more money”. At the same time, Mr Yang was planning another tactic: to stall, by making everything really, really complicated.



subtopia


NOUN

British 
  • [MASS NOUN] Unsightly, sprawling suburban development.
    ‘I shall doubtless feel no more alien than anybody else in the prevailing subtopia because nobody will be working out of doors’

Origin

1950s: blend of suburb and utopia.

subtext  1950
noun [C]
a hidden or less obvious meaning:
The political subtext of her novel is a criticism of government interference in individual lives.



Full Definition of suburbia

  1. 1:  the suburbs of a city
  2. 2:  people who live in the suburbs
  3. 3:  suburban life

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