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{ "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "old", "3": "s" }, "expansion": "old + -s", "name": "suffix" } ], "etymology_text": "From old + -s; compare old folks, old man.", "forms": [ { "form": "old", "tags": [ "singular" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "p", "sg": "old" }, "expansion": "olds pl (normally plural, singular old)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "British English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "46 54", "kind": "other", "name": "English terms suffixed with -s", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "One's parents." ], "id": "en-olds-en-noun-wlRatRxw", "links": [ [ "parent", "parent" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(UK, slang) One's parents." ], "tags": [ "UK", "plural", "plural-normally", "slang" ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "39 60 1", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "37 63", "kind": "other", "name": "English pluralia tantum", "parents": [ "Pluralia tantum", "Nouns", "Lemmas" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "46 54", "kind": "other", "name": "English terms suffixed with -s", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "37 61 2", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "35 64 2", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "Her friends at school snicker at how the olds are clueless about TikTok trends. But they can't shame us olds about it very effectively, because we're old enough to know that today's trends too shall pass.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "Don't ask me what the kids consider cool at the moment — I'm just an old.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Anyone portrayed in the context as not young; for example, anyone older than the speaker's audience of coevals; often, middle-aged adults or older adults." ], "id": "en-olds-en-noun-P0DaizzC", "links": [ [ "derogatory", "derogatory" ], [ "self-deprecatory", "self-deprecatory" ], [ "humorous", "humorous" ], [ "young", "young#Adjective" ], [ "middle-aged", "middle-aged" ], [ "older adult", "older adult" ] ], "qualifier": "derogatory or self-deprecatory", "raw_glosses": [ "(slang; often with the; derogatory or self-deprecatory; often humorous) Anyone portrayed in the context as not young; for example, anyone older than the speaker's audience of coevals; often, middle-aged adults or older adults." ], "raw_tags": [ "with the" ], "tags": [ "humorous", "often", "plural", "plural-normally", "slang" ] } ], "word": "olds" } { "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_text": "Coined as a humorous opposite to news.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "-" }, "expansion": "olds (uncountable)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [], "glosses": [ "Information that is no longer new." ], "id": "en-olds-en-noun-CBHBxcZc", "links": [ [ "humorous", "humorous" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(humorous) Information that is no longer new." ], "tags": [ "humorous", "uncountable" ] } ], "word": "olds" }
{ "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English pluralia tantum", "English terms suffixed with -s", "English uncountable nouns", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "old", "3": "s" }, "expansion": "old + -s", "name": "suffix" } ], "etymology_text": "From old + -s; compare old folks, old man.", "forms": [ { "form": "old", "tags": [ "singular" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "p", "sg": "old" }, "expansion": "olds pl (normally plural, singular old)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "British English", "English slang" ], "glosses": [ "One's parents." ], "links": [ [ "parent", "parent" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(UK, slang) One's parents." ], "tags": [ "UK", "plural", "plural-normally", "slang" ] }, { "categories": [ "English derogatory terms", "English humorous terms", "English self-deprecatory terms", "English slang", "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "Her friends at school snicker at how the olds are clueless about TikTok trends. But they can't shame us olds about it very effectively, because we're old enough to know that today's trends too shall pass.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "Don't ask me what the kids consider cool at the moment — I'm just an old.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Anyone portrayed in the context as not young; for example, anyone older than the speaker's audience of coevals; often, middle-aged adults or older adults." ], "links": [ [ "derogatory", "derogatory" ], [ "self-deprecatory", "self-deprecatory" ], [ "humorous", "humorous" ], [ "young", "young#Adjective" ], [ "middle-aged", "middle-aged" ], [ "older adult", "older adult" ] ], "qualifier": "derogatory or self-deprecatory", "raw_glosses": [ "(slang; often with the; derogatory or self-deprecatory; often humorous) Anyone portrayed in the context as not young; for example, anyone older than the speaker's audience of coevals; often, middle-aged adults or older adults." ], "raw_tags": [ "with the" ], "tags": [ "humorous", "often", "plural", "plural-normally", "slang" ] } ], "word": "olds" } { "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English uncountable nouns", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_text": "Coined as a humorous opposite to news.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "-" }, "expansion": "olds (uncountable)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English humorous terms" ], "glosses": [ "Information that is no longer new." ], "links": [ [ "humorous", "humorous" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(humorous) Information that is no longer new." ], "tags": [ "humorous", "uncountable" ] } ], "word": "olds" }
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