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There’s an interesting linguistic concept of a “retronym” meaning a term that is created because it needs distinction in the context of technological change. A
by bumby 2y ago
There’s an interesting linguistic concept of a “retronym” meaning a term that is created because it needs distinction in the context of technological change.
An example is an “acoustic guitar”. There was no reason for that term prior to the invention of an electric guitar because everything was just a “guitar”. Maybe it’s time to differentiate based on user interaction with a recall, but as it currently stands, they are all “recalls” just like acoustic and electric variants are all still “guitars”.