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I'm trying to remember a word that means "something that has no function in its modern day use, but kept for form." Like rivets in jeans.  5/3/2012 6:19:22 PM
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BDubLS1
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vestigial?
aesthetic?
[Edited on May 3, 2012 at 6:20 PM. Reason : or] 5/3/2012 6:19:47 PM |
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legacy
anachronism
throwback
homage
perfunctory
retro
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hipster 5/3/2012 6:39:53 PM |
HockeyRoman
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archaic?
I think this is your closest bet so far given your definition.
[Edited on May 3, 2012 at 6:43 PM. Reason : .]5/3/2012 6:42:01 PM |
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Vestigial 5/3/2012 6:43:44 PM |
Spontaneous
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Yeah. I saw it on a list of "words you didn't know existed" alongside "ferrule" and "tines" but Google didn't help.
Thanks, T-Dubbers.
Skack for the fucking win!
Found it! Skeuomorph! 5/3/2012 6:44:24 PM |
GeniuSxBoY
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vestigial?
aesthetic?
Skeuomorph?
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Mr. Joshua
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Madonna 5/3/2012 8:05:20 PM |
wolfpackgrrr
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This list?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/25-everyday-things-you-never-knew-had-names 5/3/2012 8:18:01 PM |
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NASCAR? 5/3/2012 8:18:51 PM |
lewisje
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you must not have remembered your evolutionary biology
"vestigial" crops up on the regular 5/3/2012 8:19:04 PM |
GrayFox33
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ding ding ding5/3/2012 8:22:18 PM |
Spontaneous
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Yes! 
| Quote : | "you must not have remembered your evolutionary biology
"vestigial" crops up on the regular" |
Ah, yes. I believe it was also in an episode of "Family Guy". A slight at Meg's expense, most assuredly.5/4/2012 2:39:19 PM |
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I'm surprised, however, that the evo-bio term "atavism" (reversion to an earlier type) hasn't gained more currency; as an example in humans, the coccyx is a vestigial collection of bones derived from the tails of ancestral primates, but the rare human with a visible, functioning tail exhibits an atavism.
I personally use "atavism" more commonly to refer to the retention of social conservatism despite the Enlightenment and subsequent advancement of human knowledge; this is the sociological sense of the term. 5/4/2012 3:33:11 PM |
