List Headline Image
Updated by Alan Berkson on Jun 19, 2014
Headline for Expressions Obviated by Technology
 REPORT
Alan Berkson Alan Berkson
Owner
5 items   1 followers   1 votes   832 views

Expressions Obviated by Technology

There's are lots of things we say these days that meant something at some point, but not so much in the Digital Age. Ex. Dial a phone. We don't dial anymore. And very often we don't even use a phone.

4

Cut and Paste

Cut and Paste

I used to do it with an Exacto knife and rubber cement.

1

Dial

Dial

Dial a phone referred to a rotary phone.

2

Tune in

Tune in

You used to have to finely adjust a radio to get the signal to listen to a station.

3

Roll down the window

Roll down the window

Most cars have power windows these days.

5

Let's Hangout

Let's Hangout

Google is working on hijacking that term!