Question of the Day #188

"The Bubble: Right plays Alabama blame game while left rejoices Roy Moore loss"
From the headline of this article at USA Today.

上記の文で、bubble の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "bubble" mean?

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解答

意味： 英辞郎によると、


〔泡のように実体のない〕幻想、とりとめのない空想

Answer

According to Cambridge Dictionary:

a situation in which you only experience things that you expect or find easy to deal with, for example opinions you agree with, or people who are similar to you

Etymology/語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、

硬さ、実態、永久性に欠ける比喩的な使い方は、1590年代から。

According to Online Etymology Dictionary:

Figurative use in reference to anything wanting firmness, substance, or permanence is from 1590s.

Examples

• Even as early as December 4, remarks from inside the bubble were cryptic and frightened.
• "Life itself is a bubble and a skepticism, and a sleep within a sleep." Essays, Second Series, Ralph Waldo Emerson
• The candidate liked to talk to ordinary people to get a fix on what was happening outside his bubble.
• On social media we all tend to live in our bubbles, where everyone feels the same way we do.