"eightysomething" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eightysomethings [plural]
Etymology: From eighty + -something. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|eighty|something}} eighty + -something Head templates: {{en-noun}} eightysomething (plural eightysomethings)
  1. (colloquial) A person between 80 and 89 years old. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Age, Eighty, People Synonyms: octogenarian, octogenary [obsolete] Translations (a person between the ages of 80 and 89): octogenari (Catalan), osmdesátník [masculine] (Czech), tachtiger [masculine] (Dutch), octogénaire [feminine, masculine] (French), Achtzigjährige [feminine] (German), Achtzigjähriger [masculine] (German), nyolcvanas (Hungarian), osiemdziesięciolatek [masculine] (Polish), osiemdziesięciolatka [feminine] (Polish), octogenario [masculine] (Spanish), octogenaria [feminine] (Spanish), wawalumpuin (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-eightysomething-en-noun-wmwZDbar Disambiguation of Age: 98 2 Disambiguation of Eighty: 84 16 Disambiguation of People: 96 4 Coordinate_terms: teen, teenager (13–19), vicenarian (20–29), twentysomething (20–29), tricenarian (30–39), thirtysomething (30–39), quadragenarian (40–49), fortysomething (40–49), quinquagenarian (50–59), semicentenarian (50–59), fiftysomething (50–59), sexagenarian (60–69), sixtysomething (60–69), septuagenarian (70–79), seventysomething (70–79), nonagenarian (90–99), ninetysomething (90–99), centenarian (100–199), semisupercentenarian (105–109), supercentenarian (110+)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eighty-something

Numeral

Etymology: From eighty + -something. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|eighty|something}} eighty + -something Head templates: {{head|en|numeral}} eightysomething
  1. (colloquial) An indeterminate value between 80 (inclusive) and 90 (exclusive). Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-eightysomething-en-num-Su-zjMAq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -something Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -something: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eighty-something

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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