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submitted 1 year ago by NABDad@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

Obviously teenager is 13-19.

"Young adult" would start at 20, but where's the cutoff at the upper end? Similarly, what's the range for "adult", "old", "elderly", " ancient"?

If someone asks for responses from "old men", how do I know if it applies to me?

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[-] ramble81@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I heard a teenager describing a 40 year old as "elderly". Context matters.

[-] BakingCookies@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yup. I substitute teach at a middle school and a couple years ago, I heard a 12yo say 40 would be a good age to die because you'd pretty much done everything you could by then... I'd just turned 40 a few weeks earlier.

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