recently, regarding recency.

[15:11] meletor_et_al: recency is not a word, is it.
[15:11] meletor_et_al: BLARGLE!
[15:11] i_puddleglum: what is "recency" supposed to mean?
[15:11] meletor_et_al: recent... ness?
[15:11] i_puddleglum: I know what "recently" means...
[15:12] i_puddleglum: it should be
[15:12] meletor_et_al: there's got to be a word that means the same thing that I'm just missing
[15:12] meletor_et_al: because the concept is right there in my head
[15:12] meletor_et_al: in the way that it only is if there's a word for it
[15:13] i_puddleglum: strange... even though English has the largest vocabulary of any language in the world, and there are not nearly enough words to express certain things
[15:13] i_puddleglum: we should change that
[15:14] meletor_et_al: WHOAH brainwarp thesaurus entry
[15:14] meletor_et_al: Main Entry: early
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: beginning
Synonyms: aboriginal, ancient, antecedent, antediluvian, antiquated, brand-new, budding, early bird, fresh, initial, maiden, new, original, preceding, premier, prevenient, previous, primal, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, prior, pristine, proleptical, raw, recent, undeveloped, virgin, young
Antonyms: conclusive, latter, modern, recent
[15:14] meletor_et_al: what is wrong with this picture?
[15:14] i_puddleglum: it's alphabetized
[15:14] meletor_et_al: ...no not that
[15:15] i_puddleglum: there is not a word that expresses what you want to say?
[15:15] meletor_et_al: how about the fact that "recent" is a SYNONYM and an ANTONYM
[15:15] meletor_et_al: BOTH
[15:15] i_puddleglum: o.O
[15:15] meletor_et_al: WTF, ENGLISH LANGUAGE, GET OFF THE CRACK.


...and you know, I still can't pin down the word I'm looking for. suggestions?

[ETA: recency is a word, just not the word I think it should be. DAMMIT.]