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(colloquial) An indeterminate value between 80 (inclusive) and 90 (exclusive). quotations examples
There in the doorway stood an eightysomething Las Vegas showgirl.
2006, Laura Levine, The PMS Murder, page 52
plural eightysomethings
(colloquial) A person between 80 and 89 years old. quotations examples
Instead of twentysomethings with one rare but curable disease, they find eightysomethings with many common chronic diseases that aren't curable.
2011, Mark Lachs, M.D., chapter 3, in What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Getting Older
Aunt Zena and Uncle Bill Druss are the coolest eightysomethings I know of, and I will gladly eat the early bird special or visit Sawgrass Mills with them anytime.
2012, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women, page 429