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yestertech

yestertech noun: retro-style automotive technology; modern cars, motorbikes, etc. designed to appear old-fashioned.

Noun

yestertech (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Retro-style automotive technology; modern cars, motorbikes, etc. designed to appear old-fashioned.
    • Honda's tribute to yestertech is the GB500, a British-style nostalgia trip, right down to clubman handlebars, and air-cooled 500-cc Single.1989 June, Popular Mechanics, volume 166, number 6, page 60
    • Most major manufacturers have announced variations on the 'yestertech' theme. Examples include the Chrysler PT Cruiser, a pastiche of the upright sedans of the 1940s[…]2000, Stephen Brown, Anthony Patterson, Imagining marketing: art, aesthetics, and the avant-garde, page 141

Origin of yestertech

Short for yesterday's technology.

Questions about yestertech

What does yestertech mean?
Yestertech means retro-style automotive technology; modern cars, motorbikes, etc. designed to appear old-fashioned.
What part of speech is yestertech?
Yestertech is a noun.

Words near yestertech in the dictionary

  1. yesterns
  2. yesters
  3. yesterseason
  4. yestersol
  5. yestersols
  6. yestertech
  7. yestertide
  8. yestertime
  9. yestertimes
  10. yesterweek
  11. yesteryear

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