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DEFINITION: n. An old media format that is no longer popular or easily accessible, such as floppy disks, VHS tapes or stone tablets. v. To try to access data stored in an old-fashioned media format, especially it requires the use archaic technology and/or protocols.
Verboticisms
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Yestersurf
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: YES-tur-serf
Sentence: Having only a discarded very ancient computer, their father's first machine, to rely on Lyndal and Terrance had no choice but to resort to yestersurf methods of finding information.
Etymology: Blend of yesterday and surf
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COMMENTS:
'yestersurf - all my problems were on different turf' - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-07: 14:26:00
Oh the nostalgia ... of yestersurf and the song "yesterday" ... I'm off on another trip down memory lane! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-07: 16:04:00
Yestersurf...all my nightmares looked like Smurf... - Nosila, 2009-01-07: 19:04:00
Goes really good with yesterturf - Mustang, 2009-01-07: 22:11:00
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Betafied
Created by: monkeyhouse
Pronunciation: bay-tuh-fy-d
Sentence: DVDs are being betafied by Blu-ray.
Etymology: "Beta-" from Betamax, "-fy" ending for "make/form into"
Mythicaligraphy
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: mith/i/ca/lig/ra/fee
Sentence: Since no one under the age of twenty uses cursive writing anymore, handwritten essays have become mythicaligraphy.
Etymology: mythical + caligraphy
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COMMENTS:
What's in a hand? Applause for this word! Outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-14: 17:10:00
marvelous word! love it!~ - diyan627, 2008-03-15: 11:15:00
Another top word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-16: 17:06:00
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Auldwangsyne
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: old-WANG-sine
Sentence: Computers, voice mail and all those other modern gizmoes were not what Bob dreamed of, he yearned for the clatter of the typewriter and the world of wordprocessors, and the days of auldwangsyne.
Etymology: The Wang Co.founded in 1954, makers of typewriters and early word processors & "auld lang syne" expression meaning "days of long ago"
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COMMENTS:
bittersweet just like the song - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-14: 14:21:00
Nostalgic! A tribute to the byte-gone ways! Has such great heart! Exceptional! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-14: 18:26:00
Should ALT acquaintents be ForMat and never brought to Mines... - Nosila, 2008-03-14: 23:20:00
Very technostalgic! Does anyone remember those 8-inch floppy disks? I think some of the Wangs had those... - Tigger, 2008-03-15: 15:10:00
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Retronics
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: rhymes with electronics
Sentence: What's with the retronics? You need to get iPhone 17 already
Etymology: Retro + electronics
Retirosaur
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ree ty ro sar
Sentence: When Mary reached 65, she knew it was time to stop working. She had become a retirosaur. She no longer spoke the language of her younger boss and co-workers. She could remember working the teletype, a comptometer and her ancient Underwood typewriter had served her well. She had used a dictionary, a thesaurus, knew how to spell; remember people's names; compose grammatically correct sentences and do complex mathematical computations in her head. The staff loved her, but found her to be a quaint walking, talking museum on legs. Yes, Mary had worked for 45 years at the same place and the reason she had been kept on this long was because she knew how to do each job well and she knew where all the bodies were buried!
Etymology: Retire (Withdraw from circulation or participation; cease to work) & Dinosaur (any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era)
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COMMENTS:
"Retirosaur!" Just like the Little Red Hen, let Mary say "Not I!" It's sad we can't make the good things that are in the past, more a part of the good things in the present ... glean the best of the both! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-07: 15:48:00
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Obsolackss
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ob-sol-lacks
Sentence: Charmain looked forlorn after her best efforts at obsolackss failed to provide a workaround to access her family history data from the ancient shiny disc she discovered in the attic. If only Grandma had practised lockss.
Etymology: obsolete + hack + lockss (lots of copies keeps stuff safe - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOCKSS)
Relicassette
Created by: Fester361
Pronunciation: rel ee cas ett
Sentence: After several ours wasted, playing on their Nintendo Wii, Mike's kids were bored and decided to explore the attic. Rummaging through old boxes, they came across some mysterious plastic slabs, that appeared to have reels of tape inside. "Dad, how do we get the tape out?" they shouted. "You need to use the relicassette player," he replied. Mike went up into the attic and retrieved a giant metal machine with a huge A4 sized flap on the top. At the press of a button, the flap shot open and all manner of insects flew out. When switched on, the lights in the house went dim and the circuit breaker tripped. "I guess I should have copied these to DVD!" Mike said.
Etymology: Relic; an antiquity that has survived from the distant past. Cassette; A rigid or flexible light-tight container for holding radiographic recording media.
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COMMENTS:
Please be gentle, it's my first (of many, I hope) attempt. - Fester361, 2008-03-16: 04:44:00
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Vinylusive
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: vie/nil/yu/siv
Sentence: The kids found some old vinyl records and after trying to use them as frisbees and monster wheels they found their intended use disturbingly vinylusive.
Etymology: vinyl + illusive
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COMMENTS:
Too true! Do you still play your recrods? I sometimes do! Must admit, the sound is better on latter sound media. Now days a 45 is not a record ... but a gun! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-07: 14:41:00
Your reference to 'monster wheel' set off the old Credence Clearwater chorus of: Big wheel keep on turning, Proud Mary keep on burning, Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-07: 16:01:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird. Thank you yellowbird. ~ James
stache - 2008-03-14: 01:22:00
paleodata
stache - 2008-03-14: 01:32:00
oops-wrong box.
arrrteest - 2008-03-14: 11:20:00
A few years ago, while giving a state assessment to 5th graders, there was a passage about artifacts. Included with the clay pipes and broken pottery shards was a section on the record and the record player. I wasn't ready to accept that then, but now I'm somewhat resigned to the fact that it is so.
silveryaspen - 2008-03-14: 17:03:00
Congratulations, Yellowbird and James for the definition and cartoon, that has evoked a lot of deep thinking. Kudos to all you erudite deep-thinkers ... for your words, comments, and wonderful way of uplifting each other with these wonderful interchanges. You've expanded the horizons of my thinking!
silveryaspen - 2008-03-14: 18:43:00
Three cheers for all the fun words created, too! Three cheers for all the trips down the various memory lanes!
arrrteest - 2008-03-14: 20:24:00
Lol,, MEMORY lanes
Thank goodness our memory lanes are still working. I was afraid they may have become non-compatible due to the upgrade to Windows Vista. Thank you Silvery, for showing us the way. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird. Thank you yellowbird. ~ James
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