# olds

Pronunciation: say "OHLDZ" US /oʊldz/, UK /əʊldz/

## Noun

1. People framed as no longer young: anyone older than the young crowd being addressed, often middle-aged or elderly. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Older people, especially when a younger person teases them for being out of touch.
   - _The olds never understand why we communicate almost entirely through memes._
   - _At the reunion, the olds reminisced while the kids hovered by their phones._
2. A person's parents, in casual British speech. *(slang, UK)*
   - Simple: Your mom and dad, used in a casual, joking way.
   - _He still lives with his olds while saving up for a flat._
   - _Her olds came down from Manchester for the graduation._
3. Information that has lost its freshness and can no longer count as news.
   - Simple: Information that everyone already knows because it is not new anymore.
   - _By the time the rumor reached him, it was already olds._
   - _Calling it breaking news is generous; it's olds by now._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–2** — From "old" plus the ending "-s"; compare "old folks" and "old man".
**Meaning 3** — Coined as a humorous opposite to the word "news".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/olds (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).