screenland

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screenland

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From screen + -land.

noun

uncountable The industry of films and filmmaking. Paul's arrival in Hollywood coincided with an increase in public awareness that all wasn't perfect in screenland. In Hollywood, most early-1920s problems were drug-related.
Similar: filmland, movieland
uncountable Cyberspace, as accessed through a computer screen. At times, different symbolic modes were intertwined. Labbo used the metaphor of "screenland" to describe the context of the children's actions with the computer. She identified three different stances: playing in screenland, art in screenland, and writing in screenland.

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@misc{screenland_2026,
  title = {screenland},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/screenland},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}