A list of 26 words by mollusque.
- wet signaturewas added by tankhughes and appears on 2 lists
- hard pantswas added by tankhughes and appears on 4 lists
- light waterwas added by tankhughes and appears on just this list
- natural languagewas added by rolig and appears on 4 lists
- homeschoolingwas added by rolig and appears on 4 lists
- pants suitwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- impact printerwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- duplicatorwas added by bilby and appears on 5 lists
- live performancewas added by rolig and appears on just this list
- genuine leatherwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- free parkingwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- hard copywas added by mollusque and appears on 4 lists
- coke classicwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- cloth diaperwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- organic producewas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- hand mixerwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- birth motherwas added by mollusque and appears on 3 lists
- biological parentwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- analog watchwas added by mollusque and appears on 3 lists
- snail mailwas added by mollusque and appears on 12 lists
- handwritten manuscriptwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- whole milkwas added by mollusque and appears on 8 lists
- acoustic guitarwas added by mollusque and appears on 3 lists
- free earwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- land linewas added by mollusque and appears on 3 lists
- rotary phonewas added by mollusque and appears on 4 lists
mollusque commented on the list retronyms
Bilby, I don't think telegram and typewriter qualify as retronyms. Neither is a response to something else's being invented.
September 20, 2008
tankhughes commented on the list retronyms
I don't think it's quite solidified, but with AI-generated text/art, human-created/human-generated is a recent concept that will eventually go on this list.
January 31, 2023