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Etymology

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From screen +‎ -land.

Noun

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screenland (uncountable)

  1. The industry of films and filmmaking.
    • 2009, E. J. Fleming, Paul Bern, page 53:
      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.
  2. Cyberspace, as accessed through a computer screen.
    • 2000, Maureen Patricia Carroll, Whitecaps on the Keyboard, page 20:
      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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