Timeline for Antonym to "news"
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| Nov 17, 2016 at 2:11 | comment | added | Amadan | @TRIG: Pratchett's use of words is hardly canon :) He uses olds precisely because the fact that it is a conceivable but not actual usage of the word makes it hilarious. In the words of the man himself, "'Discworld' is taking something that you know is ridiculous and treating it as if it is serious, to see if something interesting happens when you do so." But if Pterry were more popular in the mainstream, his olds is actually a word people might start using. | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 21:36 | comment | added | TRiG | @jae. The word olds is used in the Terry Pratchett novel The Truth, but in the sense of boring news that's the same every day and reinforces people's existing beliefs. People don't really want news in a newspaper. They want olds. (Hence the Daily Mail.) | |
| Feb 24, 2011 at 13:53 | comment | added | Dan Ray | New olds is the antonym of your father's Oldsmobile. | |
| Jan 30, 2011 at 22:13 | comment | added | HorusKol | I wouldn't say that history is a direct antonym - the most common term is old news. | |
| Jan 30, 2011 at 16:11 | comment | added | avpaderno | Elders is an English word, but it is not correct to use it in this case. | |
| Jan 30, 2011 at 15:28 | comment | added | Jürgen A. Erhard | Well, you can say "olds", but then most people will think it's wrong. I do recall having seen "olds" somewhere, somewhen. Just don't recall exactly where. | |
| Jan 30, 2011 at 13:46 | comment | added | Gennady Vanin Геннадий Ванин | It dpes not seem to be symmetric | |
| Jan 30, 2011 at 13:45 | vote | accept | Gennady Vanin Геннадий Ванин | ||
| Jan 30, 2011 at 13:11 | comment | added | avpaderno | Old is an adjective, differently from news that is a noun. You cannot say new olds because there isn't the plural of adjectives. News is a noun, in Modern English as spoken nowadays. | |
| Jan 30, 2011 at 13:06 | comment | added | Gennady Vanin Геннадий Ванин | Can I tell "new olds" also? | |
| Jan 30, 2011 at 12:59 | history | answered | avpaderno | CC BY-SA 2.5 |