Talk:memory

living memory

Does "memory" really mean living memory on its own? Mglovesfun (talk) 14:10, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

I don't think so. DCDuring TALK 00:07, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

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memory

Sense: "Used synonymously with "in recent history"; e.g. in living memory"

• The most conservative Supreme Court “in living memory”, posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 by GottaLaff

  The Roberts Court seems to be the most politically conservative in living memory.

I have copied from Webster 1913: "The time within which past events can be or are remembered."

in recent memory; in living memory

The usage example under the RfDed sense is OK as a usex, but is not durably archived. DCDuring TALK 00:29, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Delete. We already have living memory and recent memory. ---> Tooironic 23:15, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Perhaps rfv, as I've never met this meaning - living memory and recent memory being idioms. But outright deletion is okay with me. Mglovesfun (talk) 10:00, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

deleted -- Liliana • 01:36, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Is the material sense correct? -- re memory foam

Here we have "(attributive, of a material) which returns to its original shape when heated: memory metal; memory plastic". However, memory foam is a foam that changes from its original shape when heated, in order to fit the body, and then recovers its original shape when cooled. Equinox ◑ 22:38, 21 December 2019 (UTC)