fortysomething

Slang definitions & phrases for fortysomething

fortysomething

modifier

: the fortysomething generation/ fortysomething self-indulgence

noun

A person between forty and fifty years old; baby boomer: The fortysomething reminisced about seeing them on the same bill with Sonny and Cher

[late 1980s+; based on Thirtysomething, the title of a television series]

The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.
Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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