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vvvexation) wrote2007-09-07 04:11 pm
vvvexation) wrote2007-09-07 04:11 pm
Keeping pace
Sometimes, it seems, the times change so fast that language has a tough time keeping up.
For example, I see that marketers are starting to use the phrase "This is not your grandfather's X" for values of X that did not exist in any form whatsoever as little as fifteen years ago.
I imagine it's only a matter of time before "your grandfather's X" refers to anything six months or more out of date.
*sigh*
For example, I see that marketers are starting to use the phrase "This is not your grandfather's X" for values of X that did not exist in any form whatsoever as little as fifteen years ago.
I imagine it's only a matter of time before "your grandfather's X" refers to anything six months or more out of date.
*sigh*
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