A Conversation for Lost Words

Sexatagenarian

Post 1

Snidesmin

then: a person aged between 60 and 69 years
now: a person aged between 60 and 69 years

status: was never used, then wasn't used again and even today it still isn't used. Hopefully one day someone more impotant than me will notice that it is still in all the major dictionaries and thus have it removed.


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Post 2

Zak T Duck

Does the same reasoning apply to octagenarian?


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Post 3

Snidesmin

No -it is used once, at the end of a game called "Interstate '76" by a character called "Antonio Malochio" thus:
"You drive like an Octagenarian".


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Post 4

Bellman

Hopefully

Then
Acting in a hopeful manner.

Now
<???> It is to be hoped that/I hope that

Status
Last seen in Germany under the name "Hoffentlich"


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