eightysomething en · NOUN
Etymology
From eighty + -something.
Meanings
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(colloquial) A person between 80 and 89 years old.
Aunt Zena and Uncle Bill Druss are the coolest eightysomethings I know of, and I will gladly eat the early bird special or visit Sawgrass Mills with them anytime.
2012, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women, page 429:She was a sprightly eightysomething.
Instead of twentysomethings with one rare but curable disease, they find eightysomethings with many common chronic diseases that aren't curable.
2011, Mark Lachs, M.D., chapter 3, in What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Getting Older:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| eighty-something | alternative | lexicographic | |
| eightysomethings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
ninetysomething (90–99) · quinquagenarian (50–59) · twentysomething (20–29) · fortysomething (40–49) · seventysomething (70–79) · supercentenarian (110+) · teenager (13–19) · semicentenarian (50–59) · sexagenarian (60–69) · nonagenarian (90–99) · septuagenarian (70–79) · vicenarian (20–29) · centenarian (100–199) · tricenarian (30–39) · sixtysomething (60–69) · quadragenarian (40–49) · semisupercentenarian (105–109) · teen · fiftysomething (50–59) · thirtysomething (30–39)
Synonyms
Translations (14)
de Achtzigjährige (a person between the ages of 80 and 89) · tl wawalumpuin (a person between the ages of 80 and 89) · pl osiemdziesięciolatka (a person between the ages of 80 and 89) · tl oktohenaryo (a person between the ages of 80 and 89) · pl osiemdziesięciolatek (a person between the ages of 80 and 89) · cs osmdesátník (a person between the ages of 80 and 89) · fr octogénaire (a person between the ages of 80 and 89) · hu nyolcvanas (a person between the ages of 80 and 89) · es octogenaria (a person between the ages of 80 and 89) · ca octogenari (a person between the ages of 80 and 89) · nl tachtiger (a person between the ages of 80 and 89) · es octogenario (a person between the ages of 80 and 89) · el ογδοντάρης (a person between the ages of 80 and 89) · de Achtzigjähriger (a person between the ages of 80 and 89)