The following terms are commonly heard for things we use in our lives today. Once upon a time, though, these same terms were used to describe something else entirely. For example:
CD: Grades parents never wanted to see on a report card.
Remote: A location far away from everything.
Hard drive: Taking the license exam at age 15.
Mouse: Something the cat brought home.
Web site: Where a spider lived.
Ram: An animal with curly horns.
Megabyte: How one ate a thick sandwich.
Megahertz: What a boxer had after fighting the champ.
Cell phone: Something found in a jail or prison.
Beeper: Impatient driver.
Call screening: “Who is this?”
Caller ID: What followed call screening.
Call forwarding: “Hey Dad! Phone!”
Air bag: A person who would not stop talking. (Or was that a windbag?)
Insufficient memory: An excuse for forgetting the wife’s birthday.
