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I like retronyms, specifiying words to distinguish the general word from a more common specific one. I'm not explaining it very well, but the examples that leap to mind are "black-and-white television" (as opposed to "color"), "acoustic guitar" (as opposed to "electric"), and "snail mail" (as opposed to "e"). Crossing threads, perhaps we need to start using a retronym for "built architecture" or "bricks-and-mortar architecture" to distinguish it from the new-fangled computer kind (at least buildings won't be "architected" any time soon-- or at least I hope not!).
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New --Nyms?
WhitmanO'Neill 06/30/2001 9:29 PM ![]()
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Jackie 06/30/2001 9:39 PM ![]()
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Capital Kiwi 07/01/2001 2:04 AM ![]()
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Marianna 07/01/2001 8:55 AM ![]()
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Marianna 07/04/2001 2:35 PM ![]()
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WhitmanO'Neill 07/03/2001 2:49 AM ![]()
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Faldage 07/05/2001 12:18 PM
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