invisible_r Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 i have no idea! too much time to waste i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 ...the original question seems to seek something different; a word which means "a prediction for the future which never came to fruition". So what does that have to do with "anachronism"? Nothing much...unless one is currently watching a film, made in the past but set in what is now the present and features inventions that don't currently exist (yet). For example, watching 2000AD for an idea of how those in the past perceived our current lives would be. Actually I still think this scenario is covered by your explanation of 6 days ago.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Thanks also for clarifying what Mrs Fitter meant when she described me as "archaic".......and there was I thinking she was referring to the appearance of grey hairs and dodgy knees... How do I love b-f? Let me count the ways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 How do I love b-f? Let me count the ways... doh! i can't believe i didn't notice that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 I suggest we call this an 'Otokichism'. none of the words you suggested exist. erratichronism would not be valid because erratic is not greek. wrecklessly combining Latin and Greek components. No word exists until it is coined. "I will coin no word before its time" ~ Lexie Khan. You word-nerds must know that Latin-Greek combos be happenin all the time. Triceratops Genocide Hexadecimal Heterosexual Television Sociology Hyperactive The closest I could come up with was "protoptimistic" to describe a missed prediction of the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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