buggy whip
A horsewhip with a long stiff shaft and a relatively short lash, used for driving a…A horsewhip with a long stiff shaft and a relatively short lash, used for driving a horse harnessed to a buggy or other small open carriage.
Meaning
2 senses(historical)A horsewhip with a long stiff shaft and a relatively short lash, used for driving a horse harnessed to a buggy or other small open carriage.
a horsewhip once used by a driver of a buggy
(figuratively)An obsolete product or technology.
went the way of the buggy whip
Origin
In the twentieth century, after the advent of widespread automobile use and diminished horIn the twentieth century, after the advent of widespread automobile use and diminished horse use, the buggy whip became a symbol of obsoleted technologies and disrupted business models. Popularized by German-American economist and professor at Harvard Business School Theodore Levitt in 1960.
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Forms
plural: buggy whips| Singular | buggy whip |
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