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Bed blocker: [7] A derogatory term used to describe older people taking up hospital beds in a healthcare system. Beldame: An outdated term referring to an old woman, especially an ugly one. Biddy: [8] An annoying, gossipy or interfering old lady. Blue-hair: [2] Derogatory term referring to older women who color their hair a distinctive silvery ...
Lists of pejorative terms for people include: List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names; List of religious slurs; A list of LGBT slang, including LGBT-related slurs; List of age-related terms with negative connotations; List of disability-related terms with ...
Old age is the range of ages for people nearing and surpassing life expectancy.People who are of old age are also referred to as: old people, elderly, elders, senior citizens, seniors or older adults. [1]
So, at age 64, people said that old age starts at 74.4, on average. But by the time those same people reached age 74, they believed they still weren’t yet old, and said old age begins at age 76.8.
Spinster or old maid is a term referring to an unmarried woman who is older than what is perceived as the prime age range during which women usually marry. It can also indicate that a woman is considered unlikely to ever marry. [1] The term originally denoted a woman whose occupation was to spin. [2]
(M./Mme) Machin/Machine (familiar terms, used when one does not wish take the trouble to think of a more specific term); [21] (Un) Gazier originally, a man who worked in gas transport; nowadays, it is a familiar way to say "Someone" (mostly for a man; this term is rare for women, and in such case, the correct word is the feminine form "Gazière ...
Jane Fonda says she’s “happier than I’ve ever been” at 85 after beating cancer and continuing to work on new movies, including the upcoming ‘Book Club’ sequel.
(informal) very good (old-fashioned, or consciously used as old-fashioned, associated stereotypically with upper-class people) (US: spiffy) spiv a dealer in black market goods (during World War II). The term wide boy is also often used in the same sense spliff * (slang) a hand-rolled cigarette containing a mixture of marijuana and tobacco, also ...