754: utopia Dec 31, 2016

This year, 2016, marked the 500th anniversary of the Sir Thomas More book, Utopia, originally published in Latin. This book was the first time word had been used, invented from the Greek 'ou' and 'topos' meaning, 'no place'. The word 'dystopia' was created a few centuries later from back formation, meaning, 'bad place'. Before this 'bad place' there had been a 'good place', nearly identical in form to 'utopia', making the title of this book a pun as well.
May 2017 for you not be utopia, and leave 'ou topos' for dystopias.