Other examples he gives:
underwhelming
software (the word "hardware" came first)
hotfix
copyleft
blamestorming
multislacking (from "multitasking")
rightsizing (management)
dumbsizing (labor)
I might add "snail-mail" for conventional mail, which only became commonplace after email became the standard method of written communication.
Another rather crude analogical formation is "meatspace," which refers to the flesh-and-blood world, as opposed to "cyberspace." It was coined after "cyberspace" became a widespread term. I should add that while I've never actually heard "meatspace" spoken aloud, Google turns up 326,000 hits for it, so I gather it has started to stick.
Like snow... Or egg?
Any other analogical formations you can think of?
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The best phony often used in India (and elsewhere?):
'prepone' from postpone
Yes, Prepone! Exactly the kind of thing I was looking for.
I also realize I forgot to mention "firmware," which has become an essential high tech neologism. Every high tech gadget -- from Ipods to Cellphones -- runs on firmware.
An "acoustic guitar" was simply a guitar until Les Paul came around.
I believe "horseless carriage" also qualifies as an analogical formation.
hi amardeep,
interesting blog... curious about softcopy vs. hardcopy... did they come together into usage?
in fact there is lot of interesting stuff on your blog, going by the subjects alone ... will check as and when I get time.
keep writing,
asuph (http://www.livejournal.com/users/asuph)
how about Splog-Blog?
AquaM
Asuph,
I actually haven't heard "soft-copy." But hard-copy is certainly an earlier usage, so its analogical formation would be "soft-copy."
And Aquamarine, what is a "splog-blog"?
Amardeep,
How about the very Indian "prepone" which sprung from postpone?
Neale
There's the unbirthday, invented by Disney I believe. That gets 74,300 hits on Google.
As a matter of fact, it's my unbirthday today.
I don't know if it falls within the realm of analogical formations, but may I suggest "ofi" - "one-off strain injury" as opposed to rsi
msingh
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