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Stuart G

(38,419 posts) Tue Apr 4, 2017, 01:52 PM Apr 2017

New Terms and words..say in the last 10 years or so.....

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"binge watch" I guess it means watching a whole season of shows...like 20 to 26 at one sitting..but I am not sure..I have never done that.. yes..there are new terms and words.

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New Terms and words..say in the last 10 years or so..... (Original Post) Stuart G Apr 2017 OP

Hashtag safeinOhio Apr 2017 #1

stream crazycatlady Apr 2017 #2

great point....an old word, has picked up a "new meaning" Stuart G Apr 2017 #3

sext.. a very old word, but brand new meaning...and that is the meaning today. Stuart G Apr 2017 #4

safeinOhio

(32,673 posts)

1. Hashtag

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Tue Apr 4, 2017, 04:27 PM

Apr 2017

10 years ago, we called it the pound sign.

crazycatlady

(4,492 posts)

2. stream

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Tue Apr 4, 2017, 04:59 PM

Apr 2017

It does not mean a body of water anymore. Just as to many people Apple (and blackberry for that matter) don't mean fruit.

Stuart G

(38,419 posts)

3. great point....an old word, has picked up a "new meaning"

Reply to crazycatlady (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 4, 2017, 06:08 PM

Apr 2017

And that has happened over and over. just one old example..the word channel ..a river channel, but also a tv channel. We used to say that so and so was on Channel 5.

Stuart G

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4. sext.. a very old word, but brand new meaning...and that is the meaning today.

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Tue Apr 4, 2017, 06:17 PM

Apr 2017

sext-
send (someone) sexually explicit photographs or messages via mobile phone.
"older teens are more likely to engage in sexting than their younger counterparts"

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