Results: What Words Once More Commonly Meant
Published on 08/11/2019
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Do you recall when Google was first spelled googol and represented 1 followed by 100 0's and and had no direct link to a computer technology company? Yes
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273 votes
No
74%
1653 votes
Unsure/Maybe/Vaguely at best if at all
11%
256 votes
I still regularly use googol in its original meaning
3%
60 votes
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Do you remember when Amazon was better known as the name of South America's largest river and not an online retailer and technoly development company? Yes
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1468 votes
No
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537 votes
Unsure/Maybe/Vaguely at best, if at all
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148 votes
I still regularly use Amazon in its original context
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89 votes
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Do you recollect when gay wasn't a word denoting romantic and sexual preference for one's own sex but a) abounding in social or other pleasures (as in the gay 1890's), b)bright or showy, c) being in a merry, lively mood, d) beutiful, noble, lofty and/or excellent (hence Gay and Gaye being somewhat popular name for girls back when) and/or e) sexually unrestrained (no matter who you're attracted to)? Yes, I recall at least one of those meanings.
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1404 votes
No, none of those is famuiliar to me.
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475 votes
Unsure/Maybe/Vaguely at best, if at all
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244 votes
I still regularly use the word in at least one of those contexts.
5%
119 votes
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Can you think of any words commonly used today that had significantly different meanings earlier in your lifetime? Yes, and I'll share at least one in a comment.
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236 votes
Yes, but i don't want to comment.
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862 votes
No
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1144 votes
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