Do you remember eating gorp? It was all the rage in the 70s. But now you can’t find the stuff. But you can find trail mix.
How about rubbers? Long before they became condoms, they were called galoshes. Now they are called overshoes, or Totes.
There must be dozens more of these.
Thongs. That you wear on your feet.
You mean flip flops?
I still wear thongs although depending on the audience I’ll expand it to thong sandals.
My MIL still calls her couch a davenport. She comes from the upper midwest- is this maybe a regional thing?
It’s interesting that we still talk about dialing phone numbers. I think there are people alive who have never literally dialed a phone in their life - they just push the buttons.
Anybody still use the term “cordless” phone anymore? Actually, now that I think of it, I am going to start asking people to call me on their “cordless cell phone”.
When was the last time you said you wanted to buy a new “color” TV?
Does anyone brag they flew in a “jet” to Hawaii?
And when they’re done they hang up. Um… up where?
Speaking of dialing (and TVs), when was the last time a TV announcer said “Don’t touch that dial!” as an admonition against changing the channel?
Where are “Underdog” reruns currently airing?
Atomic energy. Popular 50s/60s phrase, now supplanted by nuclear.
I think “stereo” as a noun is pretty much kaput. (Come to think of it, “kaput” is probably pretty much kaput too.)
Here’s a real old one – “motorcar.”
Occasionally I’ll hear someone older mention putting something into the “icebox”.
How do you describe my home phone, a landline with a base to charge the handset?
We called them Zoris. I have no idea where that came from.
My grandmother switched off between “icebox” and “frigidaire”.
I get a kick out of picking out anachronisms in music. Well, I guess they weren’t anachronisms when the song was recorded, but it’s funny to listen to song lyrics like “I Can’t Stand Losing You” by The Police:
If it was written today it would be:
Or something like that…
It’s what the Japanese call them.
We used to refer to Memorial Day as “Decoration Day”.
I still use the term “cordless” but also sometimes call it “the landline”.
I know the reason, but I think it’s odd we still refer to gasoline as “unleaded”.
My FIL stills calls premium gas “Ethyl”.