tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post91507761300210901..comments2024-03-28T18:00:19.313-04:00Comments on VA Viper: What phrases commonly used today are derived from obsolete technologies?Witt's Endhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04505106934467289492noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-24348315603858016202018-05-30T01:27:04.719-04:002018-05-30T01:27:04.719-04:00Other gun-related phrases:
flash in the pan
lock,...Other gun-related phrases:<br /><br />flash in the pan<br />lock, stock, and barrel<br />to ramrod something through<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-69049835414773080142018-05-29T01:33:57.614-04:002018-05-29T01:33:57.614-04:00Computer programs drop a bit. The original memory...Computer programs drop a bit. The original memory was hand hard wired and occasionally the wires would break and the tiny ferromagnetic ring that was a part of the memory assembly would fall into a pan at the bottom of the memory unit. The program would "drop a bit" and you would get wrong data or the computer would freeze. The pan on the bottom was called a "bit bucket".Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10357444683831804519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-51953878624762358242018-05-23T19:51:53.173-04:002018-05-23T19:51:53.173-04:00Roll up and down car windows - Remember when car w...Roll up and down car windows - Remember when car windows were cranked by hand? M. Mitchell Marmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713408277487830595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-56194515735095788582018-05-23T18:37:01.459-04:002018-05-23T18:37:01.459-04:00Podcast -- refers to the obsolete i-podPodcast -- refers to the obsolete i-podPeterHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16880596009193125803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-85424802106528145022018-05-22T14:19:21.648-04:002018-05-22T14:19:21.648-04:00Even though my camera saves my video clips to a mi...Even though my camera saves my video clips to a micro-SD card half the size of my thumbnail, I still think of video "footage."BeijaFlorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06996048547599987043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-82652512067846432722018-05-22T12:49:30.532-04:002018-05-22T12:49:30.532-04:00Dial the phoneDial the phoneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-28754544539306884582018-05-21T22:58:53.145-04:002018-05-21T22:58:53.145-04:00Some commenters have already noted the military ph...Some commenters have already noted the military phrases that originated with the musket: lock, stock and barrel; going off half cocked. Another is "flash in the pan" (indicating the flint had ignited the powder in the pan, but this failed to ignite the powder in the barrel).<br />Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18157249502752304874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-20088926832479824832016-05-06T07:45:14.832-04:002016-05-06T07:45:14.832-04:00We still talk about taping or sometimes filming vi...We still talk about taping or sometimes filming video, despite there being no tape or film anywhere in the vicinity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-26897034604592187722016-05-05T14:50:08.954-04:002016-05-05T14:50:08.954-04:00Stay tuned - radio tuner
Dial tone-rotary dial
G...Stay tuned - radio tuner<br /><br />Dial tone-rotary dial<br /><br />Get down to brass tacks (tacks were one yard apart to quickly measure fabric)Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17960509216581657944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-45187525730462276532016-05-05T13:44:47.486-04:002016-05-05T13:44:47.486-04:00Take note for "computer bug", the annota...Take note for "computer bug", the annotation "first actual case of bug being found" implies that the usage of "bug" as "error" even predates this reference. I notice you did say "popularize." :)R Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901467518465346680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-18724829157935939002016-05-05T13:39:45.715-04:002016-05-05T13:39:45.715-04:00"Big wigs", meaning folks in high positi..."Big wigs", meaning folks in high positions, came from the fact that senior officers in the British Navy did wear big powdered wigs.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05670709763838069149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-68818849308230204902016-05-05T13:06:35.921-04:002016-05-05T13:06:35.921-04:00"Big wigs", meaning folks in high positi..."Big wigs", meaning folks in high positions, came from the fact that senior officers in the British Navy did wear big powdered wigs.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05670709763838069149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-46287400915306554602016-05-05T09:38:35.413-04:002016-05-05T09:38:35.413-04:00"Lock, stock and barrel" together make u..."Lock, stock and barrel" together make up a musket.<br />"Dregs" are the dead yeast, etc., at the "bottom of the barrel" after brewing.<br />The ship's bathroom was at the "head" of the vessel so the wind would carry the smell away.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07177206799424794195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-69714645369191209092016-05-05T09:34:57.006-04:002016-05-05T09:34:57.006-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07177206799424794195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-87812721148079951912016-05-05T09:27:52.727-04:002016-05-05T09:27:52.727-04:00"Cut a record" which embraces two genera..."Cut a record" which embraces two generations of obsolete technology, from when recordings were made by literally cutting a groove into a wax cylinder with a stylus, to the vinyl (originally lacquer) "record"<br /><br />Ditto "You sound like a broken record", noted earlier, from a scratch in a vinyl disc caused it to play the same thing over and over.JD197https://www.blogger.com/profile/09916374730731115637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-55500810808207058012012-10-12T17:14:53.519-04:002012-10-12T17:14:53.519-04:00"Going off half-cocked.""Going off half-cocked." Joseph W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09480728887840887200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-72102266719953759712012-10-12T14:57:33.140-04:002012-10-12T14:57:33.140-04:00Telegraphing your punches.Telegraphing your punches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-91941667741049054122012-10-12T14:49:39.859-04:002012-10-12T14:49:39.859-04:00"Don't touch that dial!"
"Spin ..."Don't touch that dial!"<br />"Spin the dial"<br />"Dial tone"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-80396227956778940672012-10-12T13:45:44.660-04:002012-10-12T13:45:44.660-04:00Broken record.Broken record.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-89671250112093520812012-10-12T13:16:07.941-04:002012-10-12T13:16:07.941-04:00"Cut and paste" should go along with &qu..."Cut and paste" should go along with "copy and paste." Also, typesetting, which no longer refers to the literal setting of type.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com