Recency illusion: today's example

[Wilson Gray]

On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 7:35 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> "Three yeas ago" is clear--and is wrong. But what's the shelf life of a
> "neologism" before it is no longer a neologism? That is, how long can we
> refer to something as "neologism"?
>

Most likely, it depends upon the person. After all, "Self is the
measure of all things," as the saying goes. If it's a neologism to
*me*, then, clearly, it's a neologism. Q.E.D.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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