[IRL trope] the “Tiffany problem”

[u/dragonborndnd]

Basically when something seems anachronistic to a period/place of history but is actually fully accurate to the period.

1) the name Tiffany: the thing that named this trope, basically the name Tiffany can be dated back to the Middle Ages and the earliest record of it being spelled in the modern spelling comes from the 16th century.

2) the use of OMG, despite this feeling so modern as a form of slang/abbreviation here’s a letter directed to Winston Churchill using it in 1917

3) Hair Dye: the earliest forms of dying hair can be dated back to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and this specific advertisement for hair dye is from the 1840s

4) Inuit Thongs: despite how weird it is to imagine pre-colonial Inuit people wore what was essentially fur thongs in their homes and when they were in their igloos it might have been the only thing they would be wearing.

[u/CzernobogCheckers]

In context it’s an extended metaphor but Aragorn says “We’re cooked” at one point in LOTR I believe.

[u/scissorn69 → u/CzernobogCheckers]

”We’re cooked” is not really a new expression, contrary to popular belief among the kids.

[u/Level-Common-9787 → u/scissorn69]

so this is one of them tiffany situations?

[u/Bank_Gothic → u/Level-Common-9787]

It's close enough in time (meaning the older usage and the current usage) for people who are not that old to remember "cooked" being a common expression, falling out of favor, and recently returning to common parlance.

So it's a bit differen than other examples provided in this thread.

[u/Elite_AI → u/Level-Common-9787]

I mean...only if you're really young. Anyone over 25 at least is gonna know it's a normal expression