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Olds

name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    Oldsmobile, a brand of car by GM. informal
  3. 3
    plural of Old form-of, plural
  4. 4
    A town in Alberta, Canada.
  5. 5
    A city in Iowa.
Noun
  1. 1
    A car of this make: an Oldsmobile. informal

    "Y.T. detaches from the Acura she's been hitched to for the last half mile, swings it over to Jason's fat Olds."

  2. 2
    One's parents. UK, plural, plural-normally, slang
  3. 3
    Information that is no longer new. humorous, uncountable
  4. 4
    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. humorous, often, plural, plural-normally, slang

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From old + -s; compare old folks, old man.

Etymology 2

Coined as a humorous opposite to news.

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