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Mute Bystander29 Jun 2015 2:54 a.m. PST

"… a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned."

RavenscraftCybernetics29 Jun 2015 5:16 a.m. PST

Does this have anything to do with the idiots who dont understand why you have to use a land line to exit the Matrix?

jeffreyw329 Jun 2015 12:27 p.m. PST

How many people changed their votes after seeing the right answer? :-)

Ron W DuBray29 Jun 2015 4:43 p.m. PST

I just picked the one I know from being in the SCA The Society for Creative Anachronism :)

J Womack 9429 Jun 2015 5:06 p.m. PST

A big ball of wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey… stuff.

Toronto4829 Jun 2015 5:15 p.m. PST

The suggested answers is a combination of B, A and C

Per Dictionary .com
1.something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time:
The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.

2.an error in chronology in which a person, object, event, etc., is assigned a date or period other than the correct one:
To assign Michelangelo to the 14th century is an anachronism

Syrinx029 Jun 2015 8:15 p.m. PST

I thought it was a description of the current TMP interface.

Personal logo Condor Supporting Member of TMP03 Jul 2015 9:28 a.m. PST

Is it time to create a discussion (not a new board) on your favorite anachronism? Movies are full of them. Most people catch a vehicle, weapon or device used before it was available. How about the use of a term of phrase before it actually meant anything, like the name "Judas" in the movie 300?

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