Talk:wayback

RFV discussion: April–May 2019
Alt form of "way back" adverb. "We go wayback"? Surely it wouldn't even be pronounced the same way: "wayback" would naturally take stress on the first syllable, intuitively. At least consider marking as nonstandard or misspelling. Equinox ◑ 22:01, 23 April 2019 (UTC)


 * BTW, note that there is a US term "way way back" for a certain type of car seat, and I think "way back/wayback" might be another type of seat (less far back in the vehicle). That could explain where somebody saw this one-word form &mdash; but there's no such sense there at present. Equinox ◑ 22:02, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
 * What about the Wayback Machine (WABAC machine) from Rocky and Bullwinkle? Could that have been stuck in someone's mind? Tharthan (talk) 23:22, 23 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Oh yes, there's also the Internet Archive Wayback Machine that preserves old sites. Still, those are like brand names. Equinox ◑ 23:31, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

cited, although one of the cites is of dubious quality, being filled with idiosyncratic spelling. I added the label poetic, since all the cites I could find were from poetry. I also added the noun sense. The Wayback machine capitalizes the word, and, as Equinox points out, is is rather like a brand name. However, an argument could be made for an adjective version of "wayback" meaning pertaining to the Wayback machine. I added one such use (on citations page), and found several others that used it in the phrase "wayback date" to indicate the date of material accessed via the Wayback machine. I also found two cites (on citations page) for an adjective sense meaning very remote in time or place, and one weird noun cite having to do with stripping cables. Mostly, though, there are just a lot of scannos for "way back". Kiwima (talk) 01:46, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I think that I may to take our new definition 3 of the noun to the Tea Room, because it looks inadequate to me (and even more inadequate after seeing the citations). Tharthan (talk) 16:49, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 21:26, 1 May 2019 (UTC)