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Flatscreen Color Monitor.
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Flatscreen Color Monitor.
Still got the concept backwards. "Analog watch" is an example because you used to be able to call it a "watch," there being no other kind. Then digital watches came about and we couldn't just say "watch" anymore for the old kind we had to say "analog watch." "Analog watch" is a retronym, "digital watch" isn't.
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Would these be devices that the _company_ referred to in double retronymic terms, or that you realized could be referred to as such?
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They were labeled as such on the packaging.
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Hmm... I'm not exactly sure I understand this term yet, but let me give it another try.
Using my pervious incorrect example as a template would the correct double retronym be 'monochrome CRT display (monitor)'.
"rollerball serial mouse"
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'monochrome CRT display (monitor)'.
Yes, that would be a retronym.
"rollerball serial mouse"
You're pretty close. The actual designation on the packaging was "ball corded mouse." Thinking back on it, I believe it was a USB mouse, thus denying it the potential of being triply retronymic.
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>"Analog watch" is a retronym, "digital watch" isn't.
Oh. Okay.
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what the heck is an "optical" mouse, then, please?
Jackie, an optical mouse has a little red light in it that does the driving instead of a ball on the bottom. [/technical jargon]
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