retronym

Meaning

Noun

• A new word or phrase coined for an old object or concept whose original name has become used for something else or is no longer unique.

Origin

• From retro- + -onym; coined by Frank Mankiewicz{{cite-web
• |title = Frankly Speaking
• |date = March 2001
• |work = Business Forward
• |author = Jeremy M. Brosowsky
• |url = http://www.bizforward.com/wdc/issues/2001-03/interview/
• |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20020920161005/http://www.bizforward.com/wdc/issues/2001-03/interview/
• |archivedate = 20 September 2002
• |accessdate = November 8, 2017
• and popularized by William Safire.
• {{cite-journal
• |author=William Safire
• |authorlink=William Safire
• |title=On Language: Watch what you say
• |newspaper=New York Times
• |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/26/magazine/on-language-william-safire-watch-what-you-say.html
• |date=December 26, 1982
• {{cite-journal
• |title=On Language: Retronym
• |date=January 7, 2007
• |work=New York Times
• |author=William Safire
• |authorlink=William Safire
• |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/magazine/07wwln_safire.t.html