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Soon to be extinct ...Reader comment on item: Vanished American Words Submitted by Steven (Canada), Jan 3, 2022 at 11:43 Tin Men, Sony Walkman with Bass Booster, Ice Box, LaserDisc, stereo equalizer, storm door, movie theatre intermission, full service gas station, waterbed, DDT, optional (car) sideview mirror, removeable (carry on) car stereo, car stereo 'faceplate', ColecoVision, Intellivision, High Fidelity (HI-FI) stereo furniture, car phone, Nokia, cellular phone battery which lasts 1 month, Flip Phone, TV repairman, newspaper dating personal ads, Pet Rock, school detention, cleaning blackboard eraser outside after school, top hat, galoshes, Flowbee, phone book, (physical) address book, nutcracker (with seeds/legumes for guests), front bench seat, calculator watch. Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments". Daniel Pipes replies: Thank you for these excellent additions. I will include many of them in a second listing. Reader comments (21) on this item
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