60s

alternative '60s · alternative 60's

1. pluralplural onlyThe decade of the 1960s.

   I suppose you could blame it on my generation, chickens from the 60s finally coming into roost.

   1995, Loudon Wainwright III, Cobwebs

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   “It’s possible when we started building research stations in the 50s and 60s words like ‘boondoggle’ might have been common at that time and it became a regular part of speech … in Antarctic culture it can take on a life of its own.”

   2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms: 1960s, sixties

2. pluralplural onlyA range of the numbers sixty (60) to sixty-nine (69).

   Many of his friends are joining a burgeoning international community of elderweds, or those who marry in their 60s, 70s or even 80s.

   2002 January 8, Cheong Suk-Wai, “Faith in a new tomorrow”, in The Straits Times

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   The distant cousin of a sabbatical, the miniretirement refers to young workers taking a chunk of time out of their careers to travel, focus on passions or pick up a new side gig while they’re young, rather than waiting until their 60s.

   2024 December 31, Brooke Kato, “What is ‘microretirement’? Gen Z and millennials spawn new career trend to help with woes”, in New York Post

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