Word that means "outdated name"
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00:29 Answer 2 Score 11
00:38 Accepted Answer Score 48
00:48 Answer 4 Score 10
01:15 Thank you
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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 out of date; antiquated an archaic prison system 3.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