Should we keep calling it TV if no one’s watching it on a TV set? TV and movies are getting mired in archaic vocab as streaming fills the space. Since most of what we call “TV” is technically viewed via the internet, executives and creators both are re-thinking their vernacular. What words are winning out in the etymological war? Well, linguists think outdated words (like TV) will stick around for a while (we still say, “dialing a phone,” don’t we?) along with words that are generic enough to hold their meaning, like “shows” and “series.” But the Post-TV Gen’s concept of what these words mean may be more broad than those following more traditional definitions. (Quartz)
