Which the Definition/Meaning of eightysomething in categoryENGLISH - NUMERAL
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EIGHTYSOMETHING
* Between eighty and ninety.
* 2006, Laura Levine, _The PMS Murder_, page 52:
There in the doorway stood an EIGHTYSOMETHING Las Vegas showgirl.
Which the Definition/Meaning of eightysomething in categoryENGLISH - ALTERNATIVE FORMS
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Which the Definition/Meaning of eightysomething in categoryENGLISH - NOUN
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EIGHTYSOMETHING (_countable and uncountable_, _plural_ EIGHTYSOMETHINGS)
* (countable, colloquial) A person aged between 80 and 89 years.
* 2011, Mark Lachs, M.D., _What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Getting Older_, Chapter 3:
Instead of twentysomethings with one rare but curable disease, they find EIGHTYSOMETHINGS with many common chronic diseases that aren't curable.
* 2012, Elizabeth Wurtzel, _Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women_, page 429:
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.
SYNONYMS
* octogenarian
eightysomething (countable and uncountable, plural eightysomethings)
- (countable, colloquial) A person aged between 80 and 89 years.
