Examples Help! What is the definition of Retronyms?
How do you define Retronyms? What is a Retronyms? An ideal free Educational Resource for Teachers, Students, Colleges and Schools for English Grammar terminology, other parts of speech and Literary Terms. The meaning is as follows:
Definition of Retronyms
English Grammar Definition A term for a word, term, or phrase which has been recently created when the original name has come to be used for something else or is no longer unique
Example: Hockey now called Field hockey to distinguish bettween ice hockey and roller hockey
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Examples of Retronyms
Additional examples of famous Retronyms are as follows:
World War I was originally called "The Great War"
Finfish used to distinguish true fish from shellfish.
Paper copy, hard copy with advent of computer documents
What is the Origin of Retronyms?
What is the origin of the word? The word was coined by Frank Mankiewicz in 1980.
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