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Somehow "older" sounds better than "old". He/she is an older person = aged between 58 (my age) and 125 (probably the oldest human age possible, because that is the age limit of telomeres on chromosomes).
I look at myself as being on the "high end of middle aged", (I'm a Baby Boomer and proud of it. I think our generation did quite well) but soon enough will be calling myself Elderly or Senior.
Nothing wrong with that IMO. It's better being on the green side of the grass rather than in the dirt 6 feet under it lol
The name I'm used to being called by is one I can't post here. Suffice to say that it matches what a crabby old lady is like (rhymes with and is sometimes substituted by "witch").
It doesn't matter what you use, there will be those who will find a reason to be offended by it. I just use "old fart". It worked for me when I was younger and it works for me now that I am one.
That's so funny
My dad is 76 and calls himself "old fart" or "old frog" all of the time.
I personally use "older person" when referring to anyone older than myself. The term "senior citizen" just sounds strange to me. IDK, maybe it's just me.
I call young people YOUNG PEOPLE all the time. Maybe that's offensive too? I don't care what you call me as long as you call me. I find being invisible much more offensive than being called old.
Generally speaking, I think most 'older' people who have lived long enough be be 'seniors' are much less likely to be offended by words, than younger folks concerned with politically correct euphemisms.
I happily embrace geezer and codger, although as a female people sometimes look at me strangely when I refer to myself as such.
I do not want to be a 'perennial', as if the other alternative is to be an annual. What does that make young people? Evergreens?
Sorry, but we are all annuals, not perennials. Some do more seasons than others, but "in the long run, we're all dead."
It doesn't matter what you use, there will be those who will find a reason to be offended by it. I just use "old fart". It worked for me when I was younger and it works for me now that I am one.
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That's so funny
My dad is 76 and calls himself "old fart" or "old frog" all of the time.
I personally use "older person" when referring to anyone older than myself. The term "senior citizen" just sounds strange to me. IDK, maybe it's just me.
I've been using 'older person' which I like better than senior. And elderly is not accurate for the younger ranges of older persons nor for some older people.
I find old f*** extremely offensive and obscene. I find it very disrespectful and very degrading of older people.
And no, there is not someone who will be offended by any term, and yes, it matters what is used so as not to negatively stereotype older people in society which affects how older persons are treated in terms of the workplace, in society in general, in business, in transactions, in terms of value as human beings, and respect.
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