buggy whip
Horse-drawn motivator
A buggy whip is a long, slender whip used to drive horses pulling a buggy or carriage.
The term has become a standard example of a product made obsolete by technological change—specifically, the automobile replacing horse-drawn vehicles.
A buggy whip industry or buggy whip manufacturer now serves as shorthand for any business clinging to dying technology: Kodak became the buggy whip of the digital photography era.
No longer in use
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- anachronismHistorical time-placement error
irrelevant · Kodak · disruption · innovation · automobile · horseless carriage · Model T · paradigm shift
Sharp lash sound
- lashStrike or bind
- reinsBit-attached steering straps
- coachmanHorse-drawn carriage operator
- stagecoachHorse-drawn route vehicle
carriage · four-in-hand · livery · postilion · tally-ho · groom · box seat · hackney
Tanned animal skin
- plaitedInterwoven in strands
- braidedInterlaced into rope-like form
- handlePart for gripping
- gripSecure manual hold
lash · flexible · snap · rawhide · stock · cracker · popper · fall
Object worth amassing
- vintageQuality from past eras
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- relicPreserved ancient object
Victorian · memorabilia · curio · restoration · preservation · heritage · nostalgia · Amish
outdated
No longer in use
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- antiquatedOld and outdated
anachronism · irrelevant · Kodak · disruption · innovation · automobile · horseless carriage · Model T · paradigm shift · blockbuster
whipcrack
Sharp lash sound
stagecoach · carriage · four-in-hand · livery · postilion · tally-ho · groom · box seat · hackney · curricle
leather
Tanned animal skin
grip · lash · flexible · snap · rawhide · stock · cracker · popper · fall · keeper
collectible
Object worth amassing
relic · Victorian · memorabilia · curio · restoration · preservation · heritage · nostalgia · Amish · museum
- whipsbullwhip, horsewhip, riding crop, crop, lash
- antiquesantiques, antique furniture, antique, antique coins, Greek vases
- outdatedobsolete, outdated, out of date, dated, outmoded
- tennis shotsforehand, backhand, volley, serve, lob
- harness equipmenthorse collar, traces, reins, bit, breeching
buggy whipsmartphone
Handheld connected computer
electric vehicle · Tesla · cutting-edge technology · self-driving car · electric car
buggy whipmodern
Of recent times
new · trendy · cutting-edge · futuristic · state-of-the-art
buggy whipemerging technology
Newly developed, unestablished innovations
disruptive innovation · future-proof · next big thing · state-of-the-art · bleeding edge
buggy, whip, bug, buggies, whips, whipped, whipping, whipper