savvytechno

"A retronym is a type of neologism coined for an old object or concept whose original name has come to be used for something else or is no longer unique. Retronym is a neologism coined by Frank Mankiewicz [1] and popularized by William Safire [2] in 1980 in the New York Times. Many of these are created by advances in technology. However, a retronym itself is a neological word coinage consisting of the original noun with a different adjective added, which emphasises the distinction to be made from the original form.

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