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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread something without a history or future #171326 11/14/2007 8:16 AM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1 James F stranger James F stranger Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1 is there a word for something without a history, and without a future? or something thought to be such? (it came up in talking about the perception of capitalism...how to some people it seemed like it had no connection to the past, and it ended economic history, because it would remain forever unchanged.) it lives in an in-between, but what it is in between does not exist. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: something without a history or future James F #171328 11/14/2007 1:12 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park ephemeral? it literately means lasting only a day.. but its been extended to mean thing that weren't supposed to be lasting... the PBS Antique Roadshow talks about many handbills, ticket stubs, and other paper good (and some cloth goods) as being ephemerals... a person who exist as if there was nothing important about yesterday, and who has no cares for tomorrow lives an ephemeral existance. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: something without a history or future of troy #171337 11/14/2007 10:01 PM Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 120 California Maven member Maven member Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 120 California Flash in the pan? tempus edax rerum Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: something without a history or future Maven #171351 11/15/2007 12:12 AM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 99 Hungarian Gypsy R. Eastcourt journeyman R. Eastcourt journeyman Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 99 Hungarian Gypsy God Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: something without a history or future James F #171499 11/21/2007 10:58 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Hi, I think the difficulty is with the phrase: because it would remain forever unchanged. So you can't mean the thing has no future, just no future evolution. Frankly, I wonder if the set of such things is not empty.. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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