Styles and fashions sure come and go! One thing I'm sorry to see has slipped out of favor is music cd's. I've always felt that if I cared enough about a song to buy it, it was worth buying the whole album to see what else the artist was capable of. Started buying vinyl back in the day but was happy enough to switch to cd's. Not happy to switch to pure digital now, but sometimes you just gotta go with the flow.

Nickle...I only buy cd to listen to. I have a 1980s boombox and the big headphones at my desk at work. I'm doing a project I will put my headphones on, pop in a CD and just listen to my music all day. Some of my co-workers comment that I should just get the mp3s and the little itty bitty headphones for my phone and I asked them why? I got my Boombox and I'm perfectly happy.

Samkaren your resident dj...

Fanny/hip pack.

Thinking for yourself.

We do know it's passe' to have movies on dvd and blu-ray but we don't care. We love all of our 1000 plus movies/tv series that we watch daily instead of paying for cable etc. Actually I'm at the age or whatever it is that I don't really give a R.A. what anyone thinks about what I do or own. If it makes us happy then that's really all that matters.

From the Dr. Rick Progressive commercials, "They are not programs, they are TV shows."

I use the word programs - yikes.

Dr. Rick

Socks, I know quite few people fanny packs.

Movies on Blu-ray are not really passé since they are still being made. That's the department of Sony Entertainment where my brother works, and while they are less popular than they used to be, the sales have leveled out and are not decreasing the way they used to. There is still a niche market for this, although one could say that that niche is passé.

Vinyl records were once thought to be passé, but then they became collectible, and I believe they are still being made. They are more archival than CD's, which can go bad and become unplayable.

The OP's question has something of a Catch-22 in it. If I did not realize that something had become passé, then I would not know about it and therefore would not be able to list it here. There are probably things that I know about that are passé, but if I do not realize that they are passé, then I cannot list them.

One could pose the question: What surprised you when you found out that it was passé?

I didn't realize that LOL had become hahaha, so now I just LMAO.

I'm sure that a lot of things I still do or say are passe but my kids just humour me and my friends are all the same vintage as me.

marilyn_c, Agree.

Never wore a fanny back when they were "in" but my daughter got me a cool REI one to hold my phone and bandages while I hike my daily trek thru the AT. So not passe for me.

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socks, my 20 something DD tells me that fanny packs are hip. She's a traveller and says that many wear them as a practical but also fashionable accessory.

Lars yes you have a point I could have phrased it better.

I LOVE that people are mentioning physical media. I will NEVER believe I "own" something "in the cloud". I don't want to go on too much about my inner life and how I spend my money (other than on a lot of rare plants, which is bloody obvious!), but I confess to having bought a few things on physical media, at a not insignificant price, that I will probably never open because they are available to watch to me at the moment in other ways, but I fear a future where that isn't true. It's definitely one of the more indulgent ways I've spent money. They can always be resold. The most expensive bluray box set I ever bought about 7 years ago still sells for what I bought it for - as long as I don't open it!

And marilyn, what an incisive 3 word response! Take a bow! so true of our culture.

I found that comment very ironic in the context of current events and politics of the past several years.

I never knew fanny packs were "out." I guess I was committing a fashion error for years. I don't wear it regularly, but it's helpful walking the dog or anytime I don't want to carry a bunch of stuff in a handbag.

I don't mean to advertise, but I recently bought a pocket-belt so I can carry my phone when out and about. Wouldn't need it if women's pants came with decent pockets, but they generally don't, so there it is.

I saw somewhere that skinny jeans are finally out. It's about time! I haven't had the body for drainpipe legs since 60 years ago, lol!

I still listen to cd's and have a dvd collection that's not going anywhere. In fact, I still add to it at times.I particularly enjoy movies from the 50's and earlier, plus Cary Grant,Doris Day, etc. I don't want to pay streaming services or risk not being able to find them later especially when I'll have time to watch after I retire.

8 track tapes and cassette tapes/players/reel-to-reels

leisure suits and blue suede shoes

savings bonds

I miss the VCR. Easy to tape a show.

If my kids/grandkids are any indication, talking on the phone is passe. Only texts will be answered.

Is the word Den passe? I can look at paint colors in typical rooms in a home on line.. There are no Dens. What would I call my room where I type on my PC, watch television, do exercise🥴, and read?

Family room?

Family rooms are still "in". Kids have their own place to hang out...not with their parents. Theatre rooms are sometimes bigger than the family room, now ,,,,and home wet bars are still "in".

Framed artwork. Yes. Many old frames are OUT & there are several styles that are still "in".

Being Woke, now is a "joke" word, similar to the word "hip" or saying, "your with it". Now it's "I get it". :0)

@Nicole and @socks thanks for you suggestions. My den is the size of an at home 2nd office. it's referred to as a second bedroom.

My young co-workers informed me that reading the newspaper was "so cute!" I guess that meant that reading a printed paper - or a real newspaper in any form - is passe.