olds

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noun

One's parents.

“Don't ask me what the kids consider cool at the moment — I'm just an old.”

CommonScrabble 5

Meanings

olds1

nounolds pl (normally plural, singular old)

singular old

  1. UKpluralplural normallyslangOne's parents.
  2. humorousoftenpluralplural normallyslangderogatory or self-deprecatoryAnyone 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.

    Don't ask me what the kids consider cool at the moment — I'm just an old.

    1 more example

    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.

olds2

nounolds (uncountable)
  1. humorousuncountableInformation that is no longer new.

Olds3

proper nounOlds (plural Oldses)

plural Oldses

  1. A city in Iowa.

Olds4

proper noun
  1. informalOldsmobile, a brand of car by GM.
nounOlds (plural Olds)
  1. informalA 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

Olds5

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Old

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Origin

olds · noun

Coined as a humorous opposite to news.

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APA

olds. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/olds

MLA

“olds.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/olds. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “olds,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/olds.

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