The 'Black Mirror' Christmas Special Is A Total Mindwarp
, According To Twitter.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/26/black-mirror-christmas-twitter_n_6382820.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
What does mindwarp
mean here?
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Sign up to join this communityThe 'Black Mirror' Christmas Special Is A Total Mindwarp
, According To Twitter.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/26/black-mirror-christmas-twitter_n_6382820.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
What does mindwarp
mean here?
Mindwarp can really only be understood by deconstructing the word and from context.
"Mind" is clear enough, and "warp" literally means to bend. Here we're using its figurative meaning, to disturb or pervert something otherwise wholesome.
I haven't seen this show (though I plan to, now that I know it exists) but it is apparently a surreal/horror series. This particular episode, the Christmas special, is a mindwarp because it will twist your mind in unexpected and uncomfortable ways. It has perverted something wholesome (Christmas) into something emotionally disturbing.
something wholesome
rather than something otherwise wholesome
Dec 30, 2014 at 5:27
otherwise
, is there any difference (even slight one)?
Jan 2, 2015 at 14:06