olds

noun — 4 senses

olds

nounalso spelled Olds

Etymology From old + -s; compare old folks, old man.

1

UK, Plural normally, Slang One's parents.

2

Humorous, Often, Plural normally, Slang, With the Anyone portrayed in the context as not young; for example, anyone older than the speaker's audience of coevals; often, middle-aged adults or older adults.

Derogatory or self-deprecatory

  • Her friends at school snicker at how the olds are clueless about TikTok trends. But they can't shame us olds about it very effectively, because we're old enough to know that today's trends too shall pass.
  • Don't ask me what the kids consider cool at the moment — I'm just an old.

olds

noun

Etymology Coined as a humorous opposite to news.

1

Humorous Information that is no longer new.

Olds

noun
1

Informal A car of this make: an Oldsmobile.

  • Y.T. detaches from the Acura she's been hitched to for the last half mile, swings it over to Jason's fat Olds.2011, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, Penguin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 168:

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