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Just because we don't do something anymore that doesn't make it a "lost art".
by cblock811 9y ago
Just because we don't do something anymore that doesn't make it a "lost art".
- simplicio 9y agoDefinition of lost art : something usually requiring some skill that not many people do any more ex: Writing letters has become something of a lost art. "https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lost%20art" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lost%20art"
- cblock811 9y agoI cant help but chuckle at the exact definition being thrown at me. I guess that by definition this is a lost art. I still think it's a bit over the top though.
- simplicio 9y agoI hear what your saying, taken individually you'd think a "lost art" would literally be an art no one remembers how to do. But like a lot of compound words and phrases in English, its actual meaning as used is different. In my experience, its pretty much always used in the sense of the article. (SNL had a whole bit on this back in the 90's: "a chickpea is neither a chick nor a pea, discuss")