wasmn.

/ˈwɒz(ə)m/

Etymology: < ism n., with jocular substitution of was for is : see be v.

An ‘ism’ that has gone out of fashion; an obsolete or obsolescent belief, theory, or ideology.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > custom or opinion

Rip Van Winkleism1842

wasm1949

1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. i. v. 54 It was a time, as somebody put it after the conclusion of the Nazi-Communist alliance, when all ‘isms’ had become ‘wasms’. Europe had become a jungle.

1958 Sunday Bull. (Philadelphia) 2 Feb. 17/3 Some of the ‘isms’ of today..are the ‘wasms’ of tomorrow.

1983 D. Edgar Maydays iii. iv. 56/1 I think that socialism, as a reputable, intellectual concept, is quite dead. A ‘wasm’ in our times.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	wasm
释义	wasmn. /ˈwɒz(ə)m/ Etymology: < ism n., with jocular substitution of was for is : see be v. An ‘ism’ that has gone out of fashion; an obsolete or obsolescent belief, theory, or ideology. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > custom or opinion Rip Van Winkleism1842 wasm1949 1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. i. v. 54 It was a time, as somebody put it after the conclusion of the Nazi-Communist alliance, when all ‘isms’ had become ‘wasms’. Europe had become a jungle. 1958 Sunday Bull. (Philadelphia) 2 Feb. 17/3 Some of the ‘isms’ of today..are the ‘wasms’ of tomorrow. 1983 D. Edgar Maydays iii. iv. 56/1 I think that socialism, as a reputable, intellectual concept, is quite dead. A ‘wasm’ in our times. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1949
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