47 Times Netizens Found Out That Some Of Their Favorite Words Are Now ‘Obsolete’, As Shared Online

“Any language is truly a living, constantly changing structure, especially when it comes to slang,” says Oleksiy Arkhireyev, a Ukrainian copywriter and novelist, who was asked by Bored Panda for a comment here. “And everything really depends on our perception. For example, in the ’60s the word ‘boomer’ was perceived as the personification of everything young, progressive, full of energy, but now it has quite logically changed its meaning.”

“On the other hand, we stop accepting new words in the language where we feel comfortable, and if someone considers, for example, the words ‘cool’ and ‘okey-dokey’ to be outdated, then this is not at all a problem for people who actively use them in their speech. In any case, each generation, each year brings us more and more new words – only for them to, after some time, also ‘go out of fashion.’ This is an objective process – and that’s what makes linguistics so wonderful,” Oleksiy ponders.

“Any language is truly a living, constantly changing structure, especially when it comes to slang,” says Oleksiy Arkhireyev, a Ukrainian copywriter and novelist, who was asked by Bored Panda for a comment here. “And everything really depends on our perception. For example, in the '60s the word 'boomer' was perceived as the personification of everything young, progressive, full of energy, but now it has quite logically changed its meaning.”

“On the other hand, we stop accepting new words in the language where we feel comfortable, and if someone considers, for example, the words 'cool' and 'okey-dokey' to be outdated, then this is not at all a problem for people who actively use them in their speech. In any case, each generation, each year brings us more and more new words - only for them to, after some time, also 'go out of fashion.' This is an objective process - and that’s what makes linguistics so wonderful,” Oleksiy ponders.