The English Oracle

Word that means "outdated name"

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00:00 Word That Means &Quot;Outdated Name&Quot;
00:21 Answer 1 Score 15
00:29 Answer 2 Score 11
00:38 Accepted Answer Score 48
00:48 Answer 4 Score 10
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 48


These terms are holdovers from a previous era.




ANSWER 2

Score 15


You could say that it's an anachronism.




ANSWER 3

Score 11


Such expressions are perhaps edging towards fossilised metaphor.




ANSWER 4

Score 10


Archaism is defined as: An archaic word, phrase, idiom, or other expression.

And archaic itself has a linguistics-related definition (see #3 below)

archaic [ɑːˈkeɪɪk] adj 1. belonging to or characteristic of a much earlier period; ancient 2. out of date; antiquated an archaic prison system 3. (Linguistics) (of idiom, vocabulary, etc.) characteristic of an earlier period of a language and not in ordinary use