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Olds¹

proper noun Oldses

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Alberta, Canada.
  3. A city in Iowa.

Olds²

proper noun

  1. informal Oldsmobile, a brand of car by GM.

noun Olds

  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.

Olds³

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Old

olds⁴

Where it comes from

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

noun old

  1. UK, plural, plural normally, slang One's parents.
  2. humorous, often, plural, 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. 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.

olds⁵

Where it comes from

Coined as a humorous opposite to news.

noun

  1. humorous, uncountable Information that is no longer new.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: oldish, elderly, aged, senile, senior, aging, senescent, doddering, antediluvian, antiquated, age-old, antique, ancient, genuine, superannuated, venerable

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@misc{olds_2026,
  title = {olds},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/olds},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}