New York Times Weekend Competition: Come up with retronyms

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<p>[Weekend</a> Competition: Free Parking, Fresh Air and Other Retronyms - Schott’s Vocab Blog - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/weekend-competition-free-parking-fresh-air-and-other-retronyms/]Weekend”>Weekend Competition: Free Parking, Fresh Air and Other Retronyms - The New York Times)</p>

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<p>I do not know if it has been mentioned, but here is one retronym: “unlimited data plan” for your smartphone (inspired by the cellphone rant thread).</p>

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<p>nychomie,</p>

<p>Thanks for posting the link. I considered posting ‘helicopter parent’, but that really isn’t a retronym.</p>