Anyone got a word for old people that's not "elderly" or "senior"? I feel there's got to be some obvious one I'm not thinking of.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jul 26, 2005 10:57:22 am PDT #3017 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
sarameg - Jul 26, 2005 10:59:33 am PDT #3018 of 10002
My mom calls it decrepit. Dad, old farthood.
Not terribly helpful, I'm afraid.
Scrappy - Jul 26, 2005 11:00:21 am PDT #3019 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Older population?
§ ita § - Jul 26, 2005 11:00:24 am PDT #3020 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Aged? Old?
Topic!Cindy - Jul 26, 2005 11:00:31 am PDT #3021 of 10002
What is even happening?
Anyone got a word for old people that's not "elderly" or "senior"? I feel there's got to be some obvious one I'm not thinking of.
Old people.
Elders.
Retirees.
askye - Jul 26, 2005 11:00:43 am PDT #3022 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
Mature
Dana - Jul 26, 2005 11:00:48 am PDT #3023 of 10002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Aged? As in the "aged P."?
Okay, probably not helpful either.
Steph L. - Jul 26, 2005 11:00:52 am PDT #3024 of 10002
That which does not kill you should RUN
Fossils.
§ ita § - Jul 26, 2005 11:01:34 am PDT #3025 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Geezers.
sarameg - Jul 26, 2005 11:01:35 am PDT #3026 of 10002
Statistically closer to death.