Soliciting examples

[gnomi]

While at Capclave, I finally hit on a topic for my Future of Language article that I've been contemplating for quite some time now: language lag. In other words, the words we use that are outmoded or that no longer refer to their original subject. Examples are cc'ing (carbon copying) someone in e-mail; dial tone for push-button phones, etc. So...if you have examples of such terminology, feel free to e-mail me or to post them here. Any words people can think of will be greatly appreciated.

Comments

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Well, for that matter, "dial" as the standard verb for inputting a phone number on a touchtone keypad is equally anachronistic.

One of my favorites is "record store" for places like Tower Records that haven't sold vinyl in almost two decades. I suppose "CD store" is entering modern usage, but it strikes me as much less evocative.