Fashions, mores and even expressions change over time. A little flashback to his sentences that we used to hear in the past and which no longer make sense today.
A society that evolves is a society that changes its language. From Latin to French via Old French, the language used has constantly changed. And you don't necessarily have to take a long interval to notice the disappearance of words, expressions or sentences. Common nouns in the 1990s-2000s have, unfortunately or fortunately, disappeared today .
They are more childish expressions which, today, would no longer have meaning and would no longer be understood. "Do you want to play Pogs? " was a playground classic, as was "I have to feed my Tamagotchi! " or "I have new Diddle sheets ". Characteristic games of the 1990s.
If today, the possibilities for communicating are numerous (Call, Face Time, SMS, Messenger, voice), a few years ago, it was much more limited. The oldest have known the Camarail site, precursor of the chat in France, but it is the expression "Pass me your MSN " which will become popular. The word "wizz ", which doesn't mean much today, should bring back a few memories. Cell phones back then were only used for two things, calling and playing "Snake ", this very popular game that has made thousands of young people addicted. With the arrival of text messages, it was also not very rare to hear "Sorry, I have no more credit" in the lessons of recreation.
Forget Spotify, Apple Music and other Netflix, to listen to music and watch movies, it was much more complicated. "Do you have the latest Eminem album? Could you pass it to me please " or "Lend it to me, I'll burn it " were very common. On the side of feature films, the famous phrase "we're going to rent a movie at the Video Club" was the norm on Friday night.
There are words whose meaning seems unknown today for the youngest while for the oldest, it will give them a few smiles. Some examples:
