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Munchkin definition. Retronym. A retronym is a type of neologism that provides a new name for something to differentiate the original from a more recent form or version.[1] Advances in technology are often responsible for retronym coinage.

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For example, the term "acoustic guitar" was coined at the advent of electric guitars,[2] and analog watches were thus named to distinguish them from digital watches.[3] Examples[edit] Sometimes retronyms serve to differentiate two similarly named people, as with U.S. President George Bush, who, after his son George W. Squandered - definition of squandered by the Free Online Dictionary. Detritus - definition of detritus by the Free Online Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

detritus - definition of detritus by the Free Online Dictionary

Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. detritus (dɪˈtraɪtəs) n. Repository. Tomfoolery.

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