The Friends hadn't heard the phrase "retronym" before reading this article. Apparently the oldest print usage for the word was from New York Times columnist William Saffire's "On Language" article in 1980.
Now we're noticing retronyms everywhere.
The Friends hadn't heard the phrase "retronym" before reading this article. Apparently the oldest print usage for the word was from New York Times columnist William Saffire's "On Language" article in 1980.