10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETRONYM»
Discover the use of
retronym in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
retronym and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Neologisms:
Retronym, Backronym, Grok, Neologism, ...
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No Uncertain Terms: More Writing from the Popular "On ...
RETRONYM WATCH Used to be, your partner was the guy you were in business
with. Now the word needs modification. We have life partners, people in a state of
permanent cohabitation, straight or gay, connoting a more equal relationship ...
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The Computer Contradictionary
retronym The noblest and bloodiest examples of this warfare can be found on
CAMPUS timesharing sites. The low cunning of the academic mind, further
debased by an exposure to computer science, has found new "corridors of power
" to ...
The last word is also endocentric in the sense of '(a female who is) a toy for a boy'
[1984] and 'a toy suitable for a boy' [1971], contrasted with a girl toy 'toy suitable
for a girl'. 3.7 Retronym formation The word retronym first appeared in print in ...
ACROSS Seventh sign of the zodiac Peace Nobelist Oscar Sanchez A Musketeer
16 Someone lewdly staring 17 List separator 18 This big round world 19
Retronym for writers 21 Felt a yearning 22 Like tires or sneakers 23 Trees with
toothed ...
Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, 2004
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A/V A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, ...
[A retronym coined following the introduction ofdigital recording.] Com- pare
analog sound; analog video. analog signal n. An electronic signal that uses
continuous changes in amplitude or frequency to convey information and has an
infinite ...
Then movies began to talk, necessitating the retronym silent movies. Then came
color movies and the contrasting term black-and-white movies. Once there was
television. Along came color television and the retronym black-and-white ...
There are two meanings of the term retronym. First, a word spelt backwards to
create a new word. A good example of this is yob, a negative term for a male
youth, formed by spelling boy backwards. The second interpretation of retronym
is a ...
Graham Pointon, Stewart Clark, 2014
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Absolute Music: The History of an Idea
We can begin to answer this question by recognizing that “absolute music” is a
retronym, a two-word neologism created to distinguish between older and newer
varieties of a particular phenomenon, typically in response to technological or ...
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Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction
polysemy refers to words with two or more related meanings (lip = of a cliff or part
of the mouth) retronym new word or phrase created to distinguish an original
word from a more recent meaning of the word (analog watch/ digital watch) RPE
...
Kristin Denham, Anne Lobeck, 2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETRONYM»
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retronym is used in the context of the following news items.
Word Watch: What's In A Retronym?
Most retronyms are necessitated by technological advances. Until the invention of laser printers, digital clocks, electric guitars and cellphones, for instance, we ... «Hartford Courant, May 15»
NPR's 'Ask Me Another' puts brainiacs to the test
What retronym was needed after the electric guitar arrived? Stumped? You're not alone. But the contestants on NPR's “Ask Me Another” are puzzle and ... «STLtoday.com, Apr 15»
Three concerts in three countries for student musicians from Darlington
In addition, the student band, 'Retronym' performed a number of pop songs. Student Will Kirton summed up the group's thoughts on the visit. He said: “It was a ... «The Northern Echo, Mar 15»
"Vape" is word of the year for 2014
The OED also notes evidence for vape lounge, vape fluid, vape juice and others. A retronym (a new term created from an existing word in order to distinguish the ... «The Pharmaceutical Journal, Feb 15»
"Vape" Is the Word of the Year in Colorado and for the Oxford …
Related coinages include e-juice, carto and vaporium -- as well as the retronym tobacco cigarette for traditional cigarettes." (A retronym is a new term created ... «Westword, Nov 14»
'Vape' Is Oxford Dictionaries' Word of 2014
E-cigarettes are so popular that Oxford Dictionaries representatives say they've tracked a rise in the use of the term "tobacco cigarette" as a retronym, much like ... «Live Science, Nov 14»
Retro Is The New Retro
Here's a linguistic oddity for you: Retronyms are names for things that have to be altered after newer versions appear. What retronym was needed after the ... «NPR, Oct 14»
Retronyms introduces Wej: wireless MIDI iPad interface and stand
Retronyms' Wej - the company's first piece of hardware - is designed to meet several requirements that iPad music makers might have. First, it's an interface for ... «MusicRadar.com, Oct 14»
A Moving Target
Noah categorized “kinetic warfare” as a “retronym,” a coinage of former George McGovern campaign manager Frank Mankiewicz, used “to delineate previously ... «National Review Online, Sep 14»
Isn't one Internet enough?
I thought about retronyms the other day when for the first time I heard what I'd always ... A snail mail (another retronym) letter travels expensively and slowly from ... «Fortune, Aug 14»
