Word for something that used to be popular but not anymore [duplicate]Word for software which has been killed or is no longer supportedWord that means “outdated name”Opposite of “trendy” without a negative meaning“New” is to “novelty” as “archaic” is to…?The term of old thing but still usedIs there a single word for when something becomes neglected or forgotten (e.g. a plant dies because the gardener forgets to water it)?Word for something that can be obsolete in the future, obsolete-ableWhat is a good word to describe unchanging?Adjective for thing that can be replaced later because you have better thing?Single-word replacement for “To be replaced”What are some words for something that is not organised?What's the word for “ninja'd” in publishing thingsWord to describe something that is about to become trending?A word for good part of somethingWhat's the word for a flashback or a rush of memories triggered by something?What is the word that describes knowing something, but not acting on it?Single word for something that is “not yet a fact” but very close?Word for when something is unsafe but not fatal
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Word for something that used to be popular but not anymore [duplicate]
Word for software which has been killed or is no longer supportedWord that means “outdated name”Opposite of “trendy” without a negative meaning“New” is to “novelty” as “archaic” is to…?The term of old thing but still usedIs there a single word for when something becomes neglected or forgotten (e.g. a plant dies because the gardener forgets to water it)?Word for something that can be obsolete in the future, obsolete-ableWhat is a good word to describe unchanging?Adjective for thing that can be replaced later because you have better thing?Single-word replacement for “To be replaced”What are some words for something that is not organised?What's the word for “ninja'd” in publishing thingsWord to describe something that is about to become trending?A word for good part of somethingWhat's the word for a flashback or a rush of memories triggered by something?What is the word that describes knowing something, but not acting on it?Single word for something that is “not yet a fact” but very close?Word for when something is unsafe but not fatal
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Word that means “outdated name”
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Word for software which has been killed or is no longer supported
12 answers
“New” is to “novelty” as “archaic” is to…?
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The term of old thing but still used [closed]
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I'm looking for a word that simply means something that used to be popular but is no longer.
I do not want the word to denote that it is not as good as it once was
ex:
- Obsolete: no longer in use or no longer useful
Whether or not it is still very important, just that the popular attention has shift away, is up for the context.
The closest thing I could find was:
- It's so yesterday: something that is out of fashion
But that's slang and (for me, at least) gives a small implication that it's not as good as whatever is the new thing now.
Edit: I found:
- Old-School: used, usually approvingly, to refer to someone or something that is old-fashioned or traditional
However, I'm not sure if 'old-school' could be used for some political thought/opinion.
Are there any other single-word adjectives that could describe this?
Sample Sentence:
When I showed my dad a trending music video, he took one look at it and said "My goodness, this is so ______! It's so nice to see this kind of music video again - it really takes me back to my younger days."
Edit:
I've realized that my example give off a positive connotation, so 'old-school' would be closer than any other word I've found - but I'm looking for a word with a neutral connotation as to why it's no longer popular.
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Word that means “outdated name”
8 answers
Opposite of “trendy” without a negative meaning
13 answers
Word for software which has been killed or is no longer supported
12 answers
“New” is to “novelty” as “archaic” is to…?
4 answers
The term of old thing but still used [closed]
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I'm looking for a word that simply means something that used to be popular but is no longer.
I do not want the word to denote that it is not as good as it once was
ex:
- Obsolete: no longer in use or no longer useful
Whether or not it is still very important, just that the popular attention has shift away, is up for the context.
The closest thing I could find was:
- It's so yesterday: something that is out of fashion
But that's slang and (for me, at least) gives a small implication that it's not as good as whatever is the new thing now.
Edit: I found:
- Old-School: used, usually approvingly, to refer to someone or something that is old-fashioned or traditional
However, I'm not sure if 'old-school' could be used for some political thought/opinion.
Are there any other single-word adjectives that could describe this?
Sample Sentence:
When I showed my dad a trending music video, he took one look at it and said "My goodness, this is so ______! It's so nice to see this kind of music video again - it really takes me back to my younger days."
Edit:
I've realized that my example give off a positive connotation, so 'old-school' would be closer than any other word I've found - but I'm looking for a word with a neutral connotation as to why it's no longer popular.
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Re your edit at the end: passé has a negative connotation, not a neutral one. Calling something passé criticises it (whereas "old-fashioned" can go either way or be neutral depending on the context and tone).
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Umm... Is the duplicate even related to this question?
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Word that means “outdated name”
8 answers
Opposite of “trendy” without a negative meaning
13 answers
Word for software which has been killed or is no longer supported
12 answers
“New” is to “novelty” as “archaic” is to…?
4 answers
The term of old thing but still used [closed]
5 answers
I'm looking for a word that simply means something that used to be popular but is no longer.
I do not want the word to denote that it is not as good as it once was
ex:
- Obsolete: no longer in use or no longer useful
Whether or not it is still very important, just that the popular attention has shift away, is up for the context.
The closest thing I could find was:
- It's so yesterday: something that is out of fashion
But that's slang and (for me, at least) gives a small implication that it's not as good as whatever is the new thing now.
Edit: I found:
- Old-School: used, usually approvingly, to refer to someone or something that is old-fashioned or traditional
However, I'm not sure if 'old-school' could be used for some political thought/opinion.
Are there any other single-word adjectives that could describe this?
Sample Sentence:
When I showed my dad a trending music video, he took one look at it and said "My goodness, this is so ______! It's so nice to see this kind of music video again - it really takes me back to my younger days."
Edit:
I've realized that my example give off a positive connotation, so 'old-school' would be closer than any other word I've found - but I'm looking for a word with a neutral connotation as to why it's no longer popular.
single-word-requests
This question already has an answer here:
Word that means “outdated name”
8 answers
Opposite of “trendy” without a negative meaning
13 answers
Word for software which has been killed or is no longer supported
12 answers
“New” is to “novelty” as “archaic” is to…?
4 answers
The term of old thing but still used [closed]
5 answers
I'm looking for a word that simply means something that used to be popular but is no longer.
I do not want the word to denote that it is not as good as it once was
ex:
- Obsolete: no longer in use or no longer useful
Whether or not it is still very important, just that the popular attention has shift away, is up for the context.
The closest thing I could find was:
- It's so yesterday: something that is out of fashion
But that's slang and (for me, at least) gives a small implication that it's not as good as whatever is the new thing now.
Edit: I found:
- Old-School: used, usually approvingly, to refer to someone or something that is old-fashioned or traditional
However, I'm not sure if 'old-school' could be used for some political thought/opinion.
Are there any other single-word adjectives that could describe this?
Sample Sentence:
When I showed my dad a trending music video, he took one look at it and said "My goodness, this is so ______! It's so nice to see this kind of music video again - it really takes me back to my younger days."
Edit:
I've realized that my example give off a positive connotation, so 'old-school' would be closer than any other word I've found - but I'm looking for a word with a neutral connotation as to why it's no longer popular.
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Word that means “outdated name”
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Opposite of “trendy” without a negative meaning
13 answers
Word for software which has been killed or is no longer supported
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“New” is to “novelty” as “archaic” is to…?
4 answers
The term of old thing but still used [closed]
5 answers
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Re your edit at the end: passé has a negative connotation, not a neutral one. Calling something passé criticises it (whereas "old-fashioned" can go either way or be neutral depending on the context and tone).
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Well done the people that voted this a duplicate! Now ask yourselves why none of the answers to this question are the same as those to the question that you voted it a duplicate of.
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Umm... Is the duplicate even related to this question?
– Justin
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Re your edit at the end: passé has a negative connotation, not a neutral one. Calling something passé criticises it (whereas "old-fashioned" can go either way or be neutral depending on the context and tone).
– T.J. Crowder
Sep 7 at 14:39
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Well done the people that voted this a duplicate! Now ask yourselves why none of the answers to this question are the same as those to the question that you voted it a duplicate of.
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Umm... Is the duplicate even related to this question?
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I'm a little confused... how is the 'Opposite of trendy' post related in any way to this post?
– Jedo
Sep 9 at 1:06
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Re your edit at the end: passé has a negative connotation, not a neutral one. Calling something passé criticises it (whereas "old-fashioned" can go either way or be neutral depending on the context and tone).
– T.J. Crowder
Sep 7 at 14:39
Re your edit at the end: passé has a negative connotation, not a neutral one. Calling something passé criticises it (whereas "old-fashioned" can go either way or be neutral depending on the context and tone).
– T.J. Crowder
Sep 7 at 14:39
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Umm... Is the duplicate even related to this question?
– Justin
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Umm... Is the duplicate even related to this question?
– Justin
Sep 8 at 23:33
I'm a little confused... how is the 'Opposite of trendy' post related in any way to this post?
– Jedo
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passé
[pa-sey; pah-sey]
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- no longer fashionable, in wide use, etc.; out-of-date; outmoded :
There were many photographs of passé fashions.
I thought hand-cranked pencil sharpeners were passé.
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This exactly matches what's being looked for by the question title and most of the body of the question. (I am choosing to ignore the example sentences because they match neither with each other or the rest of the question.) I also completely disagree with the earlier comment—clearly, there are multiple lines of text here, along with explanations and context, so +1.
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The examples are the dictionary examples and exemplify how "passé" is used as an adjective before a noun as well as a predicate adjective, which is how it seems to be most typically used and, notably, how the question's only two examples would use it.
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Similar to passé is the term dated (Collins) which may seem less freighted.
adding: The difference (to my ear) between passé and dated is that the former has an implication of fashion, faddism or popularity (which the OP did refer to), while the latter is more neutral, meaning only "from an earlier time".
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Note that dated has the connotation that it's been a long time since the thing was popular.
– eyeballfrog
Sep 6 at 16:45
"Freighted"? Well I suppose it rhymes. (But at least dated is English.)
– David
Sep 7 at 12:17
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@David - All words carry some baggage, eh? To my ear, passé has associations with fashion or popularity, where dated just implies "of an earlier time", so it's more neutral.
– Jim Mack
Sep 7 at 16:20
Don’t get me wrong, I think dated is better than passé. I was really commenting because you used the word “freighted” which was new to me.
– David
Sep 7 at 16:53
To me dated just means it's of another time, not that it was necessarily popular in its time.
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“Old-fashioned” is the old-fashioned way of saying “old-school”.
e.g. They have a very old-fashioned management structure.
This is generally negative in implication, as in the above, although not always:
e.g. I’m an old-fashioned girl.
“Out of fashion” is a more neutral phrase that is actually used in the question to define a slang alternative.
e.g. Fur coats have gone out of fashion. (From the Cambridge Dictionary)
I actually think it is more neutral than passé, which is just the French for old-fashioned, would only work with an audience of a certain education, and may soon become passé.
“Unfashionable” is a single word that is a also more neutral than old-fashioned. This can be seen in the following example:
Although extremely unfashionable at the moment, group selection is an attractive theory when one is presented by data such as this book contains.
The writer is making a positive statement about something that is unfashionable.
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I think vintage is pretty neutral and close to what you're looking for.
From Merriam-Webster:
adjective
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3 a : dating from the past : OLD
b : OUTMODED, OLD-FASHIONED
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Old-school tends to have positive connotations (like, 'Oh cool, that's so old-school!'), passé tends to have negative connotations (like, 'Ugh, that's so passé.'), retro is the most neutral (which fits your example, like old-school--probably the only ones that would really be used in that scenario). Though this means that it is used again (maybe popular or not so much), but with a trending video in your example, that's the case you are looking for. Though in most cases of things being in style, the question is often if something is in style now. So one can have something from recent times that can be old-school, passé, or retro. But if you are referring to something that exists only in the past, old-school or passé would apply, but not retro. Dated is often used to say someone's views are no longer well accepted (and are unlikely to be popular again, if they ever were that popular), but can apply to other things, like methods no longer used. Vintage generally just means something that is old, but doesn't always mean it was popular before.
retro
/ˈretrō/
adjective
imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past.
"retro 60s fashions"
noun
clothes or music whose style or design is imitative of those of the recent past.
"a look that mixes Italian casual wear and American retro"
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Démodé could also be used in this context -
Démodé
/deɪˈməʊdeɪ/
adjective
: no longer fashionable
Example sentence -
An old-line French restaurant with stodgy food and a démodé décor
straight out of the 1950s.
(Meriam Webster)
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I’m thinking that you had best use décor with an acute accent mark correctly placed over the e if you’re going to use them correctly on the word immediately preceding to it. Just be glad décor démodé is masculine in French not feminine like cuisine démodée or else you’d’ve had to’ve spelt it differently. :)
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@tchrist - Thanks for pointing it out! Edited to make changes.
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If yesterday is too informal, then you won’t like this too much. However, specifically for pop-culture references like your music video example, you can describe it by the decade it represents:
that hair is so 70s
those shoulder pads are so 80s
These very clearly connote past and passed popularity, while also providing a bit more specificity.
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passé
[pa-sey; pah-sey]
adjective
- no longer fashionable, in wide use, etc.; out-of-date; outmoded :
There were many photographs of passé fashions.
I thought hand-cranked pencil sharpeners were passé.
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passé
[pa-sey; pah-sey]
adjective
- no longer fashionable, in wide use, etc.; out-of-date; outmoded :
There were many photographs of passé fashions.
I thought hand-cranked pencil sharpeners were passé.
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This exactly matches what's being looked for by the question title and most of the body of the question. (I am choosing to ignore the example sentences because they match neither with each other or the rest of the question.) I also completely disagree with the earlier comment—clearly, there are multiple lines of text here, along with explanations and context, so +1.
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The examples are the dictionary examples and exemplify how "passé" is used as an adjective before a noun as well as a predicate adjective, which is how it seems to be most typically used and, notably, how the question's only two examples would use it.
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passé
[pa-sey; pah-sey]
adjective
- no longer fashionable, in wide use, etc.; out-of-date; outmoded :
There were many photographs of passé fashions.
I thought hand-cranked pencil sharpeners were passé.
passé
[pa-sey; pah-sey]
adjective
- no longer fashionable, in wide use, etc.; out-of-date; outmoded :
There were many photographs of passé fashions.
I thought hand-cranked pencil sharpeners were passé.
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This exactly matches what's being looked for by the question title and most of the body of the question. (I am choosing to ignore the example sentences because they match neither with each other or the rest of the question.) I also completely disagree with the earlier comment—clearly, there are multiple lines of text here, along with explanations and context, so +1.
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The examples are the dictionary examples and exemplify how "passé" is used as an adjective before a noun as well as a predicate adjective, which is how it seems to be most typically used and, notably, how the question's only two examples would use it.
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Sep 6 at 1:28
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Similar to passé is the term dated (Collins) which may seem less freighted.
adding: The difference (to my ear) between passé and dated is that the former has an implication of fashion, faddism or popularity (which the OP did refer to), while the latter is more neutral, meaning only "from an earlier time".
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Note that dated has the connotation that it's been a long time since the thing was popular.
– eyeballfrog
Sep 6 at 16:45
"Freighted"? Well I suppose it rhymes. (But at least dated is English.)
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Sep 7 at 12:17
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@David - All words carry some baggage, eh? To my ear, passé has associations with fashion or popularity, where dated just implies "of an earlier time", so it's more neutral.
– Jim Mack
Sep 7 at 16:20
Don’t get me wrong, I think dated is better than passé. I was really commenting because you used the word “freighted” which was new to me.
– David
Sep 7 at 16:53
To me dated just means it's of another time, not that it was necessarily popular in its time.
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Sep 7 at 19:23
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Similar to passé is the term dated (Collins) which may seem less freighted.
adding: The difference (to my ear) between passé and dated is that the former has an implication of fashion, faddism or popularity (which the OP did refer to), while the latter is more neutral, meaning only "from an earlier time".
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Note that dated has the connotation that it's been a long time since the thing was popular.
– eyeballfrog
Sep 6 at 16:45
"Freighted"? Well I suppose it rhymes. (But at least dated is English.)
– David
Sep 7 at 12:17
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@David - All words carry some baggage, eh? To my ear, passé has associations with fashion or popularity, where dated just implies "of an earlier time", so it's more neutral.
– Jim Mack
Sep 7 at 16:20
Don’t get me wrong, I think dated is better than passé. I was really commenting because you used the word “freighted” which was new to me.
– David
Sep 7 at 16:53
To me dated just means it's of another time, not that it was necessarily popular in its time.
– hippietrail
Sep 7 at 19:23
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Similar to passé is the term dated (Collins) which may seem less freighted.
adding: The difference (to my ear) between passé and dated is that the former has an implication of fashion, faddism or popularity (which the OP did refer to), while the latter is more neutral, meaning only "from an earlier time".
Similar to passé is the term dated (Collins) which may seem less freighted.
adding: The difference (to my ear) between passé and dated is that the former has an implication of fashion, faddism or popularity (which the OP did refer to), while the latter is more neutral, meaning only "from an earlier time".
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Note that dated has the connotation that it's been a long time since the thing was popular.
– eyeballfrog
Sep 6 at 16:45
"Freighted"? Well I suppose it rhymes. (But at least dated is English.)
– David
Sep 7 at 12:17
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@David - All words carry some baggage, eh? To my ear, passé has associations with fashion or popularity, where dated just implies "of an earlier time", so it's more neutral.
– Jim Mack
Sep 7 at 16:20
Don’t get me wrong, I think dated is better than passé. I was really commenting because you used the word “freighted” which was new to me.
– David
Sep 7 at 16:53
To me dated just means it's of another time, not that it was necessarily popular in its time.
– hippietrail
Sep 7 at 19:23
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Note that dated has the connotation that it's been a long time since the thing was popular.
– eyeballfrog
Sep 6 at 16:45
"Freighted"? Well I suppose it rhymes. (But at least dated is English.)
– David
Sep 7 at 12:17
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@David - All words carry some baggage, eh? To my ear, passé has associations with fashion or popularity, where dated just implies "of an earlier time", so it's more neutral.
– Jim Mack
Sep 7 at 16:20
Don’t get me wrong, I think dated is better than passé. I was really commenting because you used the word “freighted” which was new to me.
– David
Sep 7 at 16:53
To me dated just means it's of another time, not that it was necessarily popular in its time.
– hippietrail
Sep 7 at 19:23
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Note that dated has the connotation that it's been a long time since the thing was popular.
– eyeballfrog
Sep 6 at 16:45
Note that dated has the connotation that it's been a long time since the thing was popular.
– eyeballfrog
Sep 6 at 16:45
"Freighted"? Well I suppose it rhymes. (But at least dated is English.)
– David
Sep 7 at 12:17
"Freighted"? Well I suppose it rhymes. (But at least dated is English.)
– David
Sep 7 at 12:17
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@David - All words carry some baggage, eh? To my ear, passé has associations with fashion or popularity, where dated just implies "of an earlier time", so it's more neutral.
– Jim Mack
Sep 7 at 16:20
@David - All words carry some baggage, eh? To my ear, passé has associations with fashion or popularity, where dated just implies "of an earlier time", so it's more neutral.
– Jim Mack
Sep 7 at 16:20
Don’t get me wrong, I think dated is better than passé. I was really commenting because you used the word “freighted” which was new to me.
– David
Sep 7 at 16:53
Don’t get me wrong, I think dated is better than passé. I was really commenting because you used the word “freighted” which was new to me.
– David
Sep 7 at 16:53
To me dated just means it's of another time, not that it was necessarily popular in its time.
– hippietrail
Sep 7 at 19:23
To me dated just means it's of another time, not that it was necessarily popular in its time.
– hippietrail
Sep 7 at 19:23
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“Old-fashioned” is the old-fashioned way of saying “old-school”.
e.g. They have a very old-fashioned management structure.
This is generally negative in implication, as in the above, although not always:
e.g. I’m an old-fashioned girl.
“Out of fashion” is a more neutral phrase that is actually used in the question to define a slang alternative.
e.g. Fur coats have gone out of fashion. (From the Cambridge Dictionary)
I actually think it is more neutral than passé, which is just the French for old-fashioned, would only work with an audience of a certain education, and may soon become passé.
“Unfashionable” is a single word that is a also more neutral than old-fashioned. This can be seen in the following example:
Although extremely unfashionable at the moment, group selection is an attractive theory when one is presented by data such as this book contains.
The writer is making a positive statement about something that is unfashionable.
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“Old-fashioned” is the old-fashioned way of saying “old-school”.
e.g. They have a very old-fashioned management structure.
This is generally negative in implication, as in the above, although not always:
e.g. I’m an old-fashioned girl.
“Out of fashion” is a more neutral phrase that is actually used in the question to define a slang alternative.
e.g. Fur coats have gone out of fashion. (From the Cambridge Dictionary)
I actually think it is more neutral than passé, which is just the French for old-fashioned, would only work with an audience of a certain education, and may soon become passé.
“Unfashionable” is a single word that is a also more neutral than old-fashioned. This can be seen in the following example:
Although extremely unfashionable at the moment, group selection is an attractive theory when one is presented by data such as this book contains.
The writer is making a positive statement about something that is unfashionable.
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“Old-fashioned” is the old-fashioned way of saying “old-school”.
e.g. They have a very old-fashioned management structure.
This is generally negative in implication, as in the above, although not always:
e.g. I’m an old-fashioned girl.
“Out of fashion” is a more neutral phrase that is actually used in the question to define a slang alternative.
e.g. Fur coats have gone out of fashion. (From the Cambridge Dictionary)
I actually think it is more neutral than passé, which is just the French for old-fashioned, would only work with an audience of a certain education, and may soon become passé.
“Unfashionable” is a single word that is a also more neutral than old-fashioned. This can be seen in the following example:
Although extremely unfashionable at the moment, group selection is an attractive theory when one is presented by data such as this book contains.
The writer is making a positive statement about something that is unfashionable.
“Old-fashioned” is the old-fashioned way of saying “old-school”.
e.g. They have a very old-fashioned management structure.
This is generally negative in implication, as in the above, although not always:
e.g. I’m an old-fashioned girl.
“Out of fashion” is a more neutral phrase that is actually used in the question to define a slang alternative.
e.g. Fur coats have gone out of fashion. (From the Cambridge Dictionary)
I actually think it is more neutral than passé, which is just the French for old-fashioned, would only work with an audience of a certain education, and may soon become passé.
“Unfashionable” is a single word that is a also more neutral than old-fashioned. This can be seen in the following example:
Although extremely unfashionable at the moment, group selection is an attractive theory when one is presented by data such as this book contains.
The writer is making a positive statement about something that is unfashionable.
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I think vintage is pretty neutral and close to what you're looking for.
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b : OUTMODED, OLD-FASHIONED
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I think vintage is pretty neutral and close to what you're looking for.
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I think vintage is pretty neutral and close to what you're looking for.
From Merriam-Webster:
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3 a : dating from the past : OLD
b : OUTMODED, OLD-FASHIONED
I think vintage is pretty neutral and close to what you're looking for.
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Old-school tends to have positive connotations (like, 'Oh cool, that's so old-school!'), passé tends to have negative connotations (like, 'Ugh, that's so passé.'), retro is the most neutral (which fits your example, like old-school--probably the only ones that would really be used in that scenario). Though this means that it is used again (maybe popular or not so much), but with a trending video in your example, that's the case you are looking for. Though in most cases of things being in style, the question is often if something is in style now. So one can have something from recent times that can be old-school, passé, or retro. But if you are referring to something that exists only in the past, old-school or passé would apply, but not retro. Dated is often used to say someone's views are no longer well accepted (and are unlikely to be popular again, if they ever were that popular), but can apply to other things, like methods no longer used. Vintage generally just means something that is old, but doesn't always mean it was popular before.
retro
/ˈretrō/
adjective
imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past.
"retro 60s fashions"
noun
clothes or music whose style or design is imitative of those of the recent past.
"a look that mixes Italian casual wear and American retro"
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Old-school tends to have positive connotations (like, 'Oh cool, that's so old-school!'), passé tends to have negative connotations (like, 'Ugh, that's so passé.'), retro is the most neutral (which fits your example, like old-school--probably the only ones that would really be used in that scenario). Though this means that it is used again (maybe popular or not so much), but with a trending video in your example, that's the case you are looking for. Though in most cases of things being in style, the question is often if something is in style now. So one can have something from recent times that can be old-school, passé, or retro. But if you are referring to something that exists only in the past, old-school or passé would apply, but not retro. Dated is often used to say someone's views are no longer well accepted (and are unlikely to be popular again, if they ever were that popular), but can apply to other things, like methods no longer used. Vintage generally just means something that is old, but doesn't always mean it was popular before.
retro
/ˈretrō/
adjective
imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past.
"retro 60s fashions"
noun
clothes or music whose style or design is imitative of those of the recent past.
"a look that mixes Italian casual wear and American retro"
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Old-school tends to have positive connotations (like, 'Oh cool, that's so old-school!'), passé tends to have negative connotations (like, 'Ugh, that's so passé.'), retro is the most neutral (which fits your example, like old-school--probably the only ones that would really be used in that scenario). Though this means that it is used again (maybe popular or not so much), but with a trending video in your example, that's the case you are looking for. Though in most cases of things being in style, the question is often if something is in style now. So one can have something from recent times that can be old-school, passé, or retro. But if you are referring to something that exists only in the past, old-school or passé would apply, but not retro. Dated is often used to say someone's views are no longer well accepted (and are unlikely to be popular again, if they ever were that popular), but can apply to other things, like methods no longer used. Vintage generally just means something that is old, but doesn't always mean it was popular before.
retro
/ˈretrō/
adjective
imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past.
"retro 60s fashions"
noun
clothes or music whose style or design is imitative of those of the recent past.
"a look that mixes Italian casual wear and American retro"
Old-school tends to have positive connotations (like, 'Oh cool, that's so old-school!'), passé tends to have negative connotations (like, 'Ugh, that's so passé.'), retro is the most neutral (which fits your example, like old-school--probably the only ones that would really be used in that scenario). Though this means that it is used again (maybe popular or not so much), but with a trending video in your example, that's the case you are looking for. Though in most cases of things being in style, the question is often if something is in style now. So one can have something from recent times that can be old-school, passé, or retro. But if you are referring to something that exists only in the past, old-school or passé would apply, but not retro. Dated is often used to say someone's views are no longer well accepted (and are unlikely to be popular again, if they ever were that popular), but can apply to other things, like methods no longer used. Vintage generally just means something that is old, but doesn't always mean it was popular before.
retro
/ˈretrō/
adjective
imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past.
"retro 60s fashions"
noun
clothes or music whose style or design is imitative of those of the recent past.
"a look that mixes Italian casual wear and American retro"
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Démodé could also be used in this context -
Démodé
/deɪˈməʊdeɪ/
adjective
: no longer fashionable
Example sentence -
An old-line French restaurant with stodgy food and a démodé décor
straight out of the 1950s.
(Meriam Webster)
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I’m thinking that you had best use décor with an acute accent mark correctly placed over the e if you’re going to use them correctly on the word immediately preceding to it. Just be glad décor démodé is masculine in French not feminine like cuisine démodée or else you’d’ve had to’ve spelt it differently. :)
– tchrist♦
Sep 8 at 17:51
@tchrist - Thanks for pointing it out! Edited to make changes.
– Justin
Sep 8 at 23:26
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Démodé could also be used in this context -
Démodé
/deɪˈməʊdeɪ/
adjective
: no longer fashionable
Example sentence -
An old-line French restaurant with stodgy food and a démodé décor
straight out of the 1950s.
(Meriam Webster)
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I’m thinking that you had best use décor with an acute accent mark correctly placed over the e if you’re going to use them correctly on the word immediately preceding to it. Just be glad décor démodé is masculine in French not feminine like cuisine démodée or else you’d’ve had to’ve spelt it differently. :)
– tchrist♦
Sep 8 at 17:51
@tchrist - Thanks for pointing it out! Edited to make changes.
– Justin
Sep 8 at 23:26
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Démodé could also be used in this context -
Démodé
/deɪˈməʊdeɪ/
adjective
: no longer fashionable
Example sentence -
An old-line French restaurant with stodgy food and a démodé décor
straight out of the 1950s.
(Meriam Webster)
Démodé could also be used in this context -
Démodé
/deɪˈməʊdeɪ/
adjective
: no longer fashionable
Example sentence -
An old-line French restaurant with stodgy food and a démodé décor
straight out of the 1950s.
(Meriam Webster)
edited Sep 8 at 23:24
answered Sep 8 at 6:47
JustinJustin
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I’m thinking that you had best use décor with an acute accent mark correctly placed over the e if you’re going to use them correctly on the word immediately preceding to it. Just be glad décor démodé is masculine in French not feminine like cuisine démodée or else you’d’ve had to’ve spelt it differently. :)
– tchrist♦
Sep 8 at 17:51
@tchrist - Thanks for pointing it out! Edited to make changes.
– Justin
Sep 8 at 23:26
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I’m thinking that you had best use décor with an acute accent mark correctly placed over the e if you’re going to use them correctly on the word immediately preceding to it. Just be glad décor démodé is masculine in French not feminine like cuisine démodée or else you’d’ve had to’ve spelt it differently. :)
– tchrist♦
Sep 8 at 17:51
@tchrist - Thanks for pointing it out! Edited to make changes.
– Justin
Sep 8 at 23:26
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I’m thinking that you had best use décor with an acute accent mark correctly placed over the e if you’re going to use them correctly on the word immediately preceding to it. Just be glad décor démodé is masculine in French not feminine like cuisine démodée or else you’d’ve had to’ve spelt it differently. :)
– tchrist♦
Sep 8 at 17:51
I’m thinking that you had best use décor with an acute accent mark correctly placed over the e if you’re going to use them correctly on the word immediately preceding to it. Just be glad décor démodé is masculine in French not feminine like cuisine démodée or else you’d’ve had to’ve spelt it differently. :)
– tchrist♦
Sep 8 at 17:51
@tchrist - Thanks for pointing it out! Edited to make changes.
– Justin
Sep 8 at 23:26
@tchrist - Thanks for pointing it out! Edited to make changes.
– Justin
Sep 8 at 23:26
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If yesterday is too informal, then you won’t like this too much. However, specifically for pop-culture references like your music video example, you can describe it by the decade it represents:
that hair is so 70s
those shoulder pads are so 80s
These very clearly connote past and passed popularity, while also providing a bit more specificity.
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If yesterday is too informal, then you won’t like this too much. However, specifically for pop-culture references like your music video example, you can describe it by the decade it represents:
that hair is so 70s
those shoulder pads are so 80s
These very clearly connote past and passed popularity, while also providing a bit more specificity.
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If yesterday is too informal, then you won’t like this too much. However, specifically for pop-culture references like your music video example, you can describe it by the decade it represents:
that hair is so 70s
those shoulder pads are so 80s
These very clearly connote past and passed popularity, while also providing a bit more specificity.
If yesterday is too informal, then you won’t like this too much. However, specifically for pop-culture references like your music video example, you can describe it by the decade it represents:
that hair is so 70s
those shoulder pads are so 80s
These very clearly connote past and passed popularity, while also providing a bit more specificity.
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Re your edit at the end: passé has a negative connotation, not a neutral one. Calling something passé criticises it (whereas "old-fashioned" can go either way or be neutral depending on the context and tone).
– T.J. Crowder
Sep 7 at 14:39
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– tchrist♦
Sep 8 at 17:13
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Well done the people that voted this a duplicate! Now ask yourselves why none of the answers to this question are the same as those to the question that you voted it a duplicate of.
– David
Sep 8 at 19:15
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Umm... Is the duplicate even related to this question?
– Justin
Sep 8 at 23:33
I'm a little confused... how is the 'Opposite of trendy' post related in any way to this post?
– Jedo
Sep 9 at 1:06