Timeline for Is there a word for an object that is no longer kept for its original purpose but instead for sentimental value?
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| Aug 11, 2018 at 7:48 | comment | added | Magix | Would a Totem work ? | |
| Aug 9, 2018 at 2:33 | comment | added | Mitch | Both 'keepsake' and 'memento' have, contrary to your statements, all the nuances about history and past actions that you ask for, and so would be good as accepted answers. | |
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| Aug 8, 2018 at 21:20 | history | protected | RegDwigнt | ||
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| Aug 8, 2018 at 14:51 | comment | added | ANeves | Tangential: the japanese have the concept of kintsugi (gold-repaired object) that views that object's history and former disrepair as an essence of the treasured object itself. | |
| Aug 8, 2018 at 0:55 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | Related questions include: english.stackexchange.com/q/316935 english.stackexchange.com/q/220220 english.stackexchange.com/q/360751 english.stackexchange.com/q/156900 english.stackexchange.com/q/387715 english.stackexchange.com/q/5681/2085 english.stackexchange.com/q/344730 english.stackexchange.com/q/457275 english.stackexchange.com/q/282114 | |
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| Aug 7, 2018 at 22:54 | comment | added | Mazura | Possible duplicate of Word for small junk items in household | |
| Aug 7, 2018 at 9:45 | comment | added | lly | @AaronMahan Might could be. I actually immediately thought about 'mathom' (well, through the haze of my memory, 'malthom') because Tolkien's treatment of it really stood out for me when I read him. In any case, to the extent that anyone does recognize 'mathom', it would be because of Tolkien's use of the word. For instance, it's probably the word Stephen Colbert would think of... | |
| Aug 7, 2018 at 9:09 | answer | added | a.RR | timeline score: -5 | |
| Aug 6, 2018 at 21:13 | comment | added | user77216 | @lly I've read Tolkien multiple times, and still don't know what a 'mathom' is. | |
| Aug 6, 2018 at 17:06 | answer | added | Carter G | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 6, 2018 at 15:36 | answer | added | BenAdamson | timeline score: 107 | |
| Aug 6, 2018 at 10:48 | answer | added | Mark | timeline score: 7 | |
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| Aug 6, 2018 at 7:42 | answer | added | Ian | timeline score: 41 | |
| Aug 6, 2018 at 6:23 | comment | added | lly | I won't bother posting the answer since you already discounted it, but the correct word for what you're talking about is precisely a keepsake. People won't understand what a 'mathom' is, unless they read Tolkien. If they do, they'll misunderstand anyway. | |
| Aug 5, 2018 at 22:29 | history | edited | tchrist♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 5, 2018 at 22:19 | vote | accept | Alexander51413 | ||
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| Aug 5, 2018 at 22:12 | answer | added | lbf | timeline score: 12 | |
| Aug 5, 2018 at 21:49 | answer | added | tchrist♦ | timeline score: 38 | |
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| Aug 5, 2018 at 20:52 | answer | added | Jason Bassford | timeline score: 38 | |
| Aug 5, 2018 at 20:50 | comment | added | Zebrafish | A toy kept from when you were younger might be a memento or keepsake, I don't see the problem with these words. A laptop stored away after a new one has replaced it could be a spare. I don't think I understand the question. Keepsakes and mementos can be kept as a remembrance of the keepsake or memento itself, and not necessarily past events or people. | |
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