futurama

Meaning

Noun

• A palpable depiction of a (usually sensational) vision of the future.

Origin

• A generalised application of 1939–40 New York World’s Fair that presented a possible model of the world twenty years thence (1959–60). The name of the exhibit derives from the English word future and the suffix , meaning "a wide view of", which ultimately comes from the Ancient Greek word ὅραμα — as in panorama or diorama.