Well, then we should stick with creating the "modern and new" terms in french (a la Art Nouveau) or other languages so that, at least to us, they will always sound melodious and delightful, instead of hopelessly dated.

Well, it's like Starbucks' sizing - three words that mean big. Tall, Grande, Venti... you just gotta know which order it all goes in. :D

Music is much the same. The modern music movement began in... I think... 1915.

Apropos of nothing, but I remember years ago seeing an ad for a Dadaist exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in NY. It was titled MOMA and Dada…..

Hahahah, that's way better than the recent Dali Lacma.