NEVER-NEVER

I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun

( -s )

Etymology: short for never-never land, probably from reduplication of never + land

1. or never-never land also never-never country

a. Australia : sparsely settled country in the northern and western part of Queensland

b. : a remote or sparsely settled region : a barren or frontier area

c. : an ideal or imaginary place or region

that never-never land of true romance and pure love — Rollene W. Saal

2. : an illusory existence

3.

[reduplication of never ]

Britain : a system of installment purchase

II. adjective

Etymology: never-never land

: characterized by an imaginary, idealistic, or fantastic quality

the never-never rhetoric … which had to do with perfect justice and perfect harmony — Jane Kramer