Lessons From the Dictionary: Anachronism
Time out of mind can be a beautiful thing
7 min readJun 9, 2021
Let’s get this embarrassing disclosure out of the way: My introduction to the word anachronism came via Tiger Eyes, the 1981 novel by Judy Blume. Hey, don’t judge. In American suburbia in the 1980s, if you didn’t read Judy Blume, they revoked your birth certificate and forced your parents to have another child. Well, if you…