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vvvexation ([personal profile] 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I imagine it's only a matter of time before "your grandfather's X" refers to anything six months or more out of date.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*

[identity profile] nonlinearsystem.livejournal.com 2007-10-27 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
This is not your grandfather's anagram generator:

http://wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html

Best of luck!
(bet sock flu)

[identity profile] vvvexation.livejournal.com 2007-10-28 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, believe me, I've been using it. Especially thanks to [livejournal.com profile] ximenean.