Do words change their meanings? They do if you're as old as I am...

Here a just 8 words that have completely changed meaning 

since we were young. And one surprise one at the end...  

 
From stone tablets to iPads, these eight everyday words have abandoned their original meanings so completely that using them correctly now requires a translation guide between generations. Have you ever felt that peculiar disconnect when a familiar word suddenly means something entirely different? It's like walking into your childhood home to find all the furniture rearranged. The walls are the same, but nothing is where you left it.

Language has always evolved, of course. Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words we still use today. But the speed at which meanings morph in our digital age would make even the Bard's head spin. 

 

Here's my favorite seven:

 

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You all know what those words meant to us growing up, right? Every one of them has changed both context and meaning to younger generations. Are they missing something - or are we?. I don't know. I still use phrases from my childhood even here on the blog. Some things are hard to let go of - know what I'm sayin'?

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