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Reply Mon 23 Jun, 2008 12:20 pm
Can I describe a word which is no longer commonly used as 'old-fashioned'?

Many thanks.
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TTH
 
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Reply Mon 23 Jun, 2008 12:27 pm
I guess you could. The word I prefer is outdated.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Mon 23 Jun, 2008 02:06 pm
Everything depends on context. "Old-fashioned" and "dated" are terms with different flavors.
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 23 Jun, 2008 03:44 pm
TTH wrote:
I guess you could. The word I prefer is outdated.


Or obsolete.

I like "old-fashioned", there's nothing wrong with using that.
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Wy
 
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Reply Mon 23 Jun, 2008 04:09 pm
I think there's a time factor -- "old-fashioned" if your grandparents used the word but it has not been common lately; and "archaic" if people hundreds of years ago used it. "Dated": or "outdated" maybe if your parents used the word but nowadays people say it differently.

I picked up ome phrases and sayings from my father that hardly anyone uses these days. People give me a look and say "Well, that dates you!" I rather like it.
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