I'm chatting with someone who has a very specific definition of a word they're trying to "take back" (more power to them!), and now I'm terribly curious...
What's something - a word, a style, an attitude, a food craze, an era, a mannerism - that you're on a mission to take/bring back? Something you'd love to see other people invoke the same way again?
(Answers can and should range from the goofy to the profound!)
@MLClark Hmmm ... I have an answer, but it's a bit too personal. 😉
I wonder how Jewish Kohanim feel about the Vulcan salute, since 
was borrowed from a ritual where they made the sign for Shin "Almighty God."
Maybe they give it a pass since Leonard was Jewish.
@MLClark Answering your question in general, though, I really can't think of anything. I know cultural standards come and go. The universe doesn't care. What works for my generation might not work for yours which might not work for Generation Z. So I tend to shrug away such things.
I do get a bit annoyed when people try to force the clock turned back to the standards of their era. Live your own life the way you want, but you don't get to impose 1950s morals on others.
@WordsmithFL
Some things can die in a ditch! I know the reference - whew, that takes me back.
What about you? Is there a narrative style, genre trend, or something about a political culture you moved within that you'd love to see in vogue again? Or even just a way of treating people that you recall from another era, that's sadly lapsed in most circles today?