Define Vintage
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highlandsflyer
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It is relative to the timescale of the thing.
Vintage Johnny Rotten may be late seventies, but describing a late seventies Ford as vintage would generally be senseless.
Vintage Johnny Rotten may be late seventies, but describing a late seventies Ford as vintage would generally be senseless.
integerspin
Senior Retro Guru
I have a bike engine which is probably 1929 which would be vintage, amazing what £12 can get you on ebay;-)
I have a 1936 bike which is post vintage.
I have a 1936 bike which is post vintage.
silverclaws
Senior Retro Guru
Vintage ;
mid-15c., "harvest of grapes, yield of wine from a vineyard," from Anglo-Fr. vintage (mid-14c.), from O.Fr. vendage "yield from a vineyard," from L. vindemia "a gathering of grapes, yield of grapes," from comb. form of vinum "wine" + stem of demere "take off" (from de- "from, away from" + emere "to take;" see exempt). Sense shifted to "age or year of a particular wine" (1746), then to a general sense of "being of an earlier time" (1883). Used of cars since 1928.
( http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?all ... hmode=none)
And from Merriam-Webster ;
1 a (1) : a season's yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard (2) : wine; especially : a usually superior wine all or most of which comes from a single year
b : a collection of contemporaneous and similar persons or things : crop
2
: the act or time of harvesting grapes or making wine
3
a : a period of origin or manufacture <a piano of 1845 vintage>
b : length of existence : age
So as it seems the word is largely to do with wine making, really it has sod all use outside of the wine making industry and for someone to say something is vintage without giving a date of that vintage, then what they are doing is using an advertising buzz word designed to entice those seeking old stuff.
But if the OP is unhappy their purchases are not what they expected, one could give the vendor ear ache for not properly describing the items as vintage means nothing without that all important date.
mid-15c., "harvest of grapes, yield of wine from a vineyard," from Anglo-Fr. vintage (mid-14c.), from O.Fr. vendage "yield from a vineyard," from L. vindemia "a gathering of grapes, yield of grapes," from comb. form of vinum "wine" + stem of demere "take off" (from de- "from, away from" + emere "to take;" see exempt). Sense shifted to "age or year of a particular wine" (1746), then to a general sense of "being of an earlier time" (1883). Used of cars since 1928.
( http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?all ... hmode=none)
And from Merriam-Webster ;
1 a (1) : a season's yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard (2) : wine; especially : a usually superior wine all or most of which comes from a single year
b : a collection of contemporaneous and similar persons or things : crop
2
: the act or time of harvesting grapes or making wine
3
a : a period of origin or manufacture <a piano of 1845 vintage>
b : length of existence : age
So as it seems the word is largely to do with wine making, really it has sod all use outside of the wine making industry and for someone to say something is vintage without giving a date of that vintage, then what they are doing is using an advertising buzz word designed to entice those seeking old stuff.
But if the OP is unhappy their purchases are not what they expected, one could give the vendor ear ache for not properly describing the items as vintage means nothing without that all important date.
Groundoggy
Retro Guru
For me 15-25 years is retro. 25-50 years is vintage. 50-100 years is antique.
silverclaws
Senior Retro Guru
And Retro loosely translates as Backward
First definition on Urban dictionary..
1. Too old to be considered modern, but not old enough to be considered antique. Often used to describe items for sale online such as ebay auctions or craigslist posts though may also be found in printed listings such as classified ads. Can also be a euphemism for "heavily used" items.
1. Too old to be considered modern, but not old enough to be considered antique. Often used to describe items for sale online such as ebay auctions or craigslist posts though may also be found in printed listings such as classified ads. Can also be a euphemism for "heavily used" items.
