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back number
back number or back issuen1. (Journalism & Publishing) an issue of a newspaper, magazine, etc, that appeared on a previous date2. informal a person or thing considered to be old-fashionedback′ num′ber
n. 1. an out-of-date issue of a serial publication. 2. Informal. anything out-of-date. [1805–15, Amer.] Translationsback number
back numberSomeone or something that is out of date, out of fashion, or no longer relevant. Alludes to an issue of a periodical, magazine, or any serial publication that is now out of date. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. While it created quite a controversy in its time, the movie's love scene is a bit of a back number by today's standard. The singer was a huge star in the 1980s, but she's just a back number now.See also: back, numberback numberDated, out of style. For example, That hat is really a back number, or The game has changed so fast that a player who returns to the circuit after several years' absence usually finds he or she is a back number . This term originally referred to back issues of periodicals, which are no longer newsworthy. [Late 1800s] See also: back, numbera back number If you call someone a back number, you mean that they are no longer useful or successful. This veteran jockey showed he was no back number by coming third out of a field of 24. Note: A back number of a magazine or newspaper is an edition of it that was published some time ago and is not the most recent. See also: back, numbera back number 1 an issue of a periodical before the current one. 2 a person whose ideas or methods are out of date and who is no longer relevant or useful.See also: back, numberback number n. an old-fashioned person. (Like an out-of-print issue of a magazine.) Some old back number wearing gaiters wants to have a word with you. See also: back, numberback numberSomething or someone outdated. The term comes from the back issues of newspapers and other periodicals, which carry items no longer new and events no longer current. The term began to be used figuratively in the late nineteenth century in the United States.See also: back, numberFinancialSeeBack Issue |