Keith Whaley wrote:
Words don't have much meaning any more, do they? It falls in line with an increasing lack of respect by those in the first 1/3 of their allotted life span.
Superlatives have long since attained mediocrity status. Little or no need for the word anymore, in fact!
When one has a group of 4 increasing larger, let's say coffee, containers and the smallest of the group is called "Giant," well, all comparison is lost, isn't it.
Being a "Classic" implies something.
Quite.
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My thesaurus says classic is "serving as a standard of excellence," or "being of old, recognized, and enduring interest, importance, or quality."
My dictionary's definition is
1. judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality. 2. remarkably typical.
- T
