Keeping pace
Sep. 7th, 2007 04:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vvvexationSometimes, 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I imagine it's only a matter of time before "your grandfather's X" refers to anything six months or more out of date.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I imagine it's only a matter of time before "your grandfather's X" refers to anything six months or more out of date.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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Date: 2007-09-09 11:01 pm (UTC)