Timeline for What does "new normal" mean?
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| Jun 22, 2013 at 21:42 | history | edited | dodgethesteamroller | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 22, 2013 at 15:53 | comment | added | dodgethesteamroller | @ShreevatsaR good point, but it doesn't change the fact that calling "the new normal" an instance of "X is the new Y" is just plain wrong. The age of the first usage is of less significance than the fact that semantically and syntactically "normal" doesn't fit the pattern for Y, as demonstrated in the comments on your accepted answer above. | |
| Jun 22, 2013 at 10:55 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 22, 2013 at 9:55 | comment | added | ShreevatsaR | As we have repeatedly learned several times while answering questions on this site, it can be misleading to blindly look at Google Ngrams without actually looking at the results. In this case, the alleged old instances of "new normal" include instances like "Mathematics Department of the new Normal School" which are clearly irrelevant here. However, looking at Google Ngrams is a good idea; it would be good to do it properly and find the oldest unambiguous use of the phrase. | |
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| Jun 22, 2013 at 8:03 | history | answered | dodgethesteamroller | CC BY-SA 3.0 |