My 12yo daughter is learning to do her own laundry. The question I hear from the laundry room last nite…”now that everything is in the dryer, do I just press the play button?”
Never quite heard a start button on a dryer referred to that way, but of course, if you look at the button, the symbol on it is the sideways triangle that is the play icon on every online video you see. Her question is perfectly phrased in her context.
Icons and phrases tend to be long (ever) lasting… I still say “dial the phone” and “tape it” though dials are long gone from our phones and tapes are something the current teen generation will never see.
If you’re in the design or communication business (and we all are to some extent), keep that in mind.
Not Really a Boomer 