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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
I tried to illustrate my thinking by using examples using the expression "tons of...", I'm more interested in what other kind of idioms that will become obsolete because of the shift to digital. In an analog world we use concrete things, in the digital it is more abstract, hence the need for new idioms. Don't get hung up on tons.
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It hasn't become obsolete. The meaning just shifted a little. This has happened with every word that became slang. It has absolutely nothing to do with the digital world.