Observations July 16, 2014 - Steampunk
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 11:48 am
The theme for our Winter Celebration this year is steampunk, and I can hardly wait to see how locals translate this theme into celebratory events and costumes.
steampunk (NEW WORD ADDED for 2014)Audio Pronunciation\STEEM-punk\
DEFINITION
noun: science fiction dealing with 19th-century societies dominated by historical or imagined steam-powered technology
EXAMPLES
"The multiroom bar and restaurant is now decked out with steampunk-ish exposed ducts, geometric light fixtures, and rustic barn doors." — Anna Roth, SF Weekly, June 18, 2014
"It is also the vision of steampunk, a subculture that is the aesthetic expression of a time-traveling fantasy world, one that embraces music, film, design and now fashion, all inspired by the extravagantly inventive age of dirigibles and steam locomotives, brass diving bells and jar-shaped protosubmarines." — Ruth La Ferla, New York Times, May 8, 2008