Jurassic
1
8.4
- adjective
- /dʒʊˈræsɪk/
- Slang
:
antiquísimo
- The fashion in that movie felt completely Jurassic and out of touch with today's trends.
Examples
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That old computer is so Jurassic; it takes forever to boot up.
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Like you're saying it doesn't really matter as long as it's not a Jurassic situation.
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You wanna see some Jurassic Fitness?
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The LHC then becomes a Jurassic Park for physics.
Academic text (2008) -
Melissa is attempting to reach a goal of being the person with the highest Klout score for Jurassic Park.
Blog text (22) -
Like the new Halloween, Saw, Terminator, Jurassic Park, Ghostbusters, fuck, even Star Wars!
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Using floppy disks for data storage seems Jurassic compared to modern cloud solutions.
Synonyms
8
5.8
Very old-fashioned and not modern
1
6.8
No longer new or fashionable
Old and out of date in ideas, opinions, or ways
Very old-fashioned and against change
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.8
A time about 201 to 145 million years ago when dinosaurs lived and pine forests were common
How Outdated
47
5.2
34
9.9
- Slang
1
8.4
32
8.2
3
6.2
149
4.7
78
5.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Jurassic = Jura (semi-transparent) = Jura + ic
The informal sense ('extremely old') is a metaphorical extension from the geological adjective; comprehensible if the learner knows the original period but not fully predictable otherwise.
Etymology
Jurassic is sometimes used informally to mean 'very old'; a helpful way to remember this is to think of the real Jurassic period millions of years ago when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, so calling something 'Jurassic' says it feels extremely old or out of date.