I wonder sometimes what would be the oldest extant word based on technology no longer in use. Taping an interview? Dialing someone? https://twitter.com/hels/status/679059633949011970 …
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Some great examples so far: · burning the midnight oil (from a lamp) · music album (records were literally packaged in albums, one/two songs per record) · crank up (the volume of an old gramophone) · dashboard (! from a horse carriage) · scroll (!!!)
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Replying to @DarrylDaugherty
Not sure if that counts, it’s sort of a new version of the old thing.
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Replying to @mwichary
Are you chiseling into the surface of your iPad? That would probably void the warranty.
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Yeah, but tablets are not extant technology. By the same token, this would allow computers, cars, keyboards, and many other things that took on new meanings – and that’s too far from my original question.
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