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Have you noticed he tremendous lag in vocabulary catching up to technical innovation? A prime example is people (generally those of us “in our prime”) who still call a refrigerator an icebox.

But the practice is also obvious today. The other day YouTube showed an amusing incident and the person who recorded t said, “I got that on film!” despite the fact it was most certainly being electronically recorded. Same thing with I have it on tape.” Videotape is years in the past, and actual film is only used for specialized purposes.

Can you think of other out-dated verbiage?
 
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Station wagon/estate wagon (now it's Ess Ewe Vee)

Shinola
 
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Slop buckets. Still around, but few if any urbanites have ever seen one.

BTW, Bob, I still have a dial telephone, although it's not in use.
 
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"Hail a cab" - instead of booking an Uber.
 
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