C20: alluding to the absurdities of Wonderland in Lewis Carroll's book
Alice-in-Wonderland in American English
(ˈælɪsɪnˈwʌndərˌlænd)
adjective
resembling a dream or fantasy; unreal
an Alice-in-Wonderland world of incompleted projects and wishful thinking
Word origin
[1920–25]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: audio, montage, slalom, superpower, tie-in