“We must have embarrassed people back then with our PDAs.”
“It wasn’t known as a PDA yet. So we didn’t.”
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[Disambiguation: PDA here stands for “public display of affection,” not “personal digital assistant.”]
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Domestic comedy
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Ah, in that period of time before it was personal digital assistant, yet before it stopped being personal digital assistant.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if the dating here (no pun intended) is accurate. The first citation for the digital meaning: 1992. I can't find anything for the display of affection.
ReplyDeleteThe Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (arguably) validated yet again!
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