Just recently I was in a conversation with a number of UK mainlanders and we had a debate over what “tories” meant, apparently disproportionately ordinarily it refers to a political party and it’s not usual to use it as short for “territories” as I’ve used it (according to how the debate ended, it was half and half between them). And once again I’m reminded of how people feel to look back at their usage of a word/phrase over the years and cringe.
More tragically, me and a friend were embarrassed once upon realizing everyone was confusing “encephalitis” with “hydrocephalus” when talking to someone about their kid with hydrocephalus. Awkward because encephalitis is caused by HIV.
Redux. I’ve always just used it as a fancier ‘re-do’. Still going to keep using it as such. I like the word too much.
Who knows, maybe your continued use of it may, uhh, revive it.
I will become a modern day frindle.
Often I do see it used that way, many times a “remix” of a song will be labelled a “redux” on YouTube.