What is an Oxygenarian?

The word "Oxygenarian" is a play on the word "Octogenarian", which is a person who has lived at least 80 years.
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What is a 100 year old person called?

A person who is 100 years old or older is a centenarian. Below you will find some quotes from news stories about centenarians, to show how this word is used. Meanwhile, here are some other words for people who are not quite as old as centenarians: a person who is between 70 and 79 years old is a septuagenarian.
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What is a Oxygenarian person?

adjective Also oc·tog·e·nar·y [ok-toj-uh-ner-ee]. of the age of 80 years. between 80 and 90 years old. noun.
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What's a 60 year old called?

A person between 50 and 59 is called a quinquagenarian. A person between 60 and 69 is called a sexagenarian. A person between 70 and 79 is called a septuagenarian. A person between 80 and 89 is called an octogenarian. A person between 90 and 99 is called a nonagenarian.
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What is 80 years old called?

Definition of octogenarian

: a person whose age is in the eighties The octogenarian uses a cane for walking.
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How old is middle aged?

middle age, period of human adulthood that immediately precedes the onset of old age. Though the age period that defines middle age is somewhat arbitrary, differing greatly from person to person, it is generally defined as being between the ages of 40 and 60.
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What is a 90 year old man called?

What does nonagenarian mean? A nonagenarian is someone in their 90s (90 to 99 years old), or someone who is 90 years old.
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How do you say old politely?

There seems to be general agreement among experts that "elderly" and "senior citizen" and "aged" are on the outs. "Elders" has fans because it connotes respect, but, apparently, some critics think it's too much like "elderly."
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What is a period of 20 years called?

vicennial. / (vɪˈsɛnɪəl) / adjective. occurring every 20 years. relating to or lasting for a period of 20 years.
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What is a Quinquagenarian?

Definition of quinquagenarian

(Entry 1 of 2) : fifty years old : characteristic of a person of such an age. quinquagenarian. noun.
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What is the Crusp?

a : a point of transition (as from one historical period to the next) : turning point also : edge, verge on the cusp of stardom … you're on the cusp between heat exhaustion and life-threatening heatstroke. — Mark Jannot.
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What is someone in their 40s called?

Quadragenarian: Someone in his or her forties. Quinquagenarian: Someone in his or her fifties. Sexagenarian: Someone in his or her sixties. Septuagenarian: Someone in his or her seventies. Octogenarian: Someone in his or her eighties.
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What is a person in their 70's called?

Definition of septuagenarian

: a person whose age is in the seventies.
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Can a person live to be 200 years old?

Humans may be able to live for between 120 and 150 years, but no longer than this "absolute limit" on human life span, a new study suggests.
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How rare is it to live to 90?

At the end of the study, about 16 percent of the men and about 34 percent of the women survived to the age of 90.
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Is 80 years a long life?

These days, while statistical life expectancy in the U.S. is about 80 years, living well into one's 80s or 90s is a perfectly realistic expectation for many. Even centenarians -- people who are 100 years old or more -- are on the rise. In 2015, some 72,000 Americans were centenarians.
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What is a 50 year period called?

50 years. Semicentennial. Golden. Previously, "jubilee" by itself was used to indicate celebrations at 50 year intervals. Quinquagenary.
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How long is a century?

A century is a period of 100 years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages. The word century comes from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred.
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What is a period of 10 days called?

Noun. decade f (plural decadi) a decade, a period of ten days.
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What is it called when a younger person likes an older person?

A person with such a sexual preference is a gerontophile or gerontosexual. The word gerontophilia was coined in 1901 by psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing. It derives from Greek: geron, meaning "old person" and philia, meaning "friendship".
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What age is considered a senior?

In the United States it is generally considered that a senior citizen is anyone of retirement age, or a person that has reached age 62 or older. However the standard threshold for Medicaid is age 65.
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Is it rude to say old lady?

Calling them an old man or an old lady would be rude. You don't need to make a reference to their age. Please let the gentleman/lady have your seat.
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Is 40 considered old?

Gen Xers said old age begins at 65, while baby boomers and the silent generation agreed that you're not really old until you hit age 73. But that was several years go. According to a 2020 survey of 2,000 Americans conducted by Let's Get Checked, 57 is commonly thought of as “officially old.”
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What is someone in their 20s called?

Vicenarian: Someone in his or her twenties. Tricenarian: Someone in his or her thirties. Quadragenarian: Someone in his or her forties. Quinquagenarian: Someone in his or her fifties. Sexagenarian: Someone in his or her sixties.
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What age is considered over the hill?

If life is a hike up and over a hill, then when you reach the top you are at your prime and once you start walking over the hill and descending the other side you are over your prime and starting to descend into old age. Generally speaking, turning 40 years old meant you were now over the hill.
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