Timeline for What's the word for an "old lady"?
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| Apr 4, 2022 at 10:33 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | When I was a teenager in London in the 1960s, if a rude kid, when e.g. rebuked for something such as boisterous behaviour, by someone visibly aged over about 50, who he did not know (it was usually boys), he might say contemptuously 'Sorry, Grandma!" or 'Sorry Grandpa!". This is one of a very restricted times when a younger person would address an older person with a family term. | |
| Apr 4, 2022 at 9:02 | vote | accept | Michael | ||
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| Apr 4, 2022 at 8:35 | history | answered | James K | CC BY-SA 4.0 |