"Old-school" is not what it used to be

[Jonathan Lighter]

The original sense was "conservative; traditional."

The recent meaning is "old-fashioned" in a neutral sense.

The latest nuance, which I've been noticing for a few years, is (as in
Victor's ex.) "antiquated."

JL

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:09 AM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> > In a kind of old-school wireless set-up, bin Laden would write messages
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> > his computer, save them to the drives, and then hand them to the
> couriers,
> > who would go to distant internet cafes to send them. Couriers would
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> > the process for incoming messages.
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> It seems the lag from "new" to "old-school" has shrunk by several decades.
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