olds.
One's parents.
Meaning & usage
One's parents.
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.
Don't ask me what the kids consider cool at the moment — I'm just an old.
Where this word comes from
From old + -s; compare old folks, old man.
Information that is no longer new.
Where this word comes from
Coined as a humorous opposite to news.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.