Retronym: computer website

[Joel S. Berson]

At 7/22/2013 12:41 AM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>My thanks to everyone who disabused me!
>
>I had initially written "desktop website" but then deleted it
>without ever checking for it.
>
>Last year, I replaced my aging desktop with a laptop. The word I
>normally use for it is "computer," but it seems valid to refer to it
>as a "desktop" in terms of what I use it for.
>
>Benjamin Barrett
>Seattle, WA

Does it ever leave home without you?  (Or even with you?)

Joel

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