Are Articles And Ideas Passé?

[Marshwarble]

Have they been replaced by Clickbait and troupes?

[Svejk]

Bring back Pan's People.

[frugalfred]

Ooh, yes please, Svejk!!!

[Old_Geezer]

I think one is getting her zimmer fixed.

[mikey4444]

Marshwarble....I can honestly say that I haven't a clue what you talking about !

[Prudie]

I don't understand the question

[scorpiojo]

Tropes??

[Old_Geezer]

Probably fed up with following an attractive link and finding nothing worth reading when they get there.

[Svejk]

Was that a euphemism, og. I must say, I'm surprised at you. ;(

[frugalfred]

I find it necessary to use both the definite and indefinite articles both in speech and writing. I don't believe they are passe.

[Marshwarble]

Sorry, tropes.

Maybe we are both getting passé, Mikey!

[mikey4444]

Marshwarble....you may very well be right ! I have googled both words and I can't say I am much the wiser!

[jno]

I find when people say "clickbait" they usually mean "headlines", which have always been designed to get people reading what goes under them.

No sure what troupes and tropes are.

[mikey4444]

Plain english please !

[Marshwarble]

A trope is an idea, most notably one that features on the (badly named) TV tropes website, but there's kind of Wikipedia feel to it. Clickbait has been described.