Words in History

Then & Now:  Word Definitions

 

• backlog
• then:  the biggest log in the fire during colonial times
• now:  pile of work that you are behind on
• rubber
• then:  boots that slip-on to cover shoes
• now:  slang for condoms
• fantastic
• then:  existing only in one's imagination
• now:  something really amazing
• sick
• then:  not feeling good, ill
• now:  slang for something astonishing
• awful
• then:  something that inspired awe
• now:  means something bad