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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: web site #126747 04/01/2004 2:50 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Nuh-uh. This is something different, using the adjective to refer to the new instance. If what we call 'web sites' were just referred to as 'sites' and we called physical locations, say, 'geographical sites', *that would be the retronym. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Retronyms AnnaStrophic 04/01/2004 1:41 PM Re: Retronyms wwh 04/01/2004 1:52 PM Re: Retronyms AnnaStrophic 04/01/2004 2:07 PM Re: Retronyms Faldage 04/01/2004 2:17 PM Re: Retronyms tsuwm 04/01/2004 2:24 PM Re: curiousity Faldage 04/01/2004 2:36 PM Re: curiousity tsuwm 04/01/2004 2:49 PM Re: Retronyms wwh 04/01/2004 2:37 PM Re: Retronyms Jackie 04/01/2004 2:42 PM Re: web site Faldage 04/01/2004 2:50 PM Re: web site Jackie 04/01/2004 3:05 PM Re: web site dxb 04/01/2004 3:09 PM Re: web site Faldage 04/01/2004 3:35 PM Re: web site AnnaStrophic 04/01/2004 4:06 PM Re: web site dxb 04/01/2004 4:07 PM Re: Retronyms Faldage 04/01/2004 2:47 PM Re: Retronyms musick 04/01/2004 5:05 PM Re: one ringy-dingy... Buffalo Shrdlu 04/01/2004 6:13 PM Re: one ringy-dingy dial thingy Capfka 04/02/2004 7:37 AM Re: one ringy-dingy dial thingy Buffalo Shrdlu 04/02/2004 10:17 AM Re: one ringy-dingy dial thingy Faldage 04/02/2004 12:04 PM Re: one ringy-dingy dial thingy jheem 04/02/2004 1:47 PM Re: one ringy-dingy dial thingy Capfka 04/02/2004 4:15 PM Re:soi-disant sjmaxq 04/02/2004 6:37 PM Re:soi-disant Capfka 04/02/2004 7:34 PM Re: soi disant belMarduk 04/02/2004 8:24 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,424 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 20 A C Bowden 7 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,239 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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