here's the word of the day...
anachronism (uh-NAK-ruh-niz-uhm) noun
1. The error of placing a person, object, custom, or event in the wrong historical period.
2. A person, thing, or practice that does not belong in a time period.
[From French anachronisme, from Latin anachronismus, from Greek anakhronismos, from ana-, (backwards) + khronos (time).]
sometimes i feel like an anachronism. sometimes i don't.
anachronism (uh-NAK-ruh-niz-uhm) noun
1. The error of placing a person, object, custom, or event in the wrong historical period.
2. A person, thing, or practice that does not belong in a time period.
[From French anachronisme, from Latin anachronismus, from Greek anakhronismos, from ana-, (backwards) + khronos (time).]
sometimes i feel like an anachronism. sometimes i don't.
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What sorts of things make you feel like an anachronism?
walking down the street sometimes in new york (my parents live there) often makes me feel somewhat anachronistic. i wear dansko clogs to work most days, not high heels. i hardly ever wear make-up. pod-casting conjurs the image of blowing on dandelion heads into the wind. i knit. well, that last one is questionable these days...knitting clubs are somewhat fashionable these days, or so i'm told.
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