fifties
Post-war American era
The fifties are the years from 50 to 59 in a century or a person's life.
The fifties usually means the 1950s—the postwar decade of rock and roll, suburbia, and Cold War anxiety.
Someone in their fifties is between 50 and 59 years old.
The fifties can also refer to temperatures: It'll be in the low fifties today.
Venue serving seated motorists
- dinerCasual American eatery
- jukeboxCoin-operated music player
- bobby-soxerForties adolescent female fan
- greaserMachinery lubricator or fifties tough
Cadillac · chrome · carhop · roller-skates · pinup · varsity · necking · drag-racing
Fifties vocal harmony genre
- rock-and-rollGuitar-heavy popular music
- rockabillyHillbilly-influenced early rock
- pompadourHigh-fronted upswept hairstyle
- ducktailSlicked-back men's hairstyle
45rpm · boogie-woogie · crooners · jukebox · phonograph · hi-fi · Motown · bebop
Of elemental particles
- EamesMidcentury furniture designer
- FormicaWood ant genus
- boomerangSelf-returning thrown weapon
- sunburstRadial ray pattern
biomorphic · space-age · starburst · pastel · turquoise · pink · charcoal · kitschy
- McCarthyismPolitically-motivated accusation without evidence
- SputnikFirst orbital spacecraft
- desegregationEnding enforced group separation
- UNIVACEarly electronic mainframe
In life's middle decades
- menopauseEnd of fertility
- andropauseMen's midlife hormonal change
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- maturityFull growth achieved
experience · midlife · grandparent · retirement · pension · healthcare · bifocals · AARP
drive-in
Venue serving seated motorists
- dinerCasual American eatery
- jukeboxCoin-operated music player
- bobby-soxerForties adolescent female fan
greaser · Cadillac · chrome · carhop · roller-skates · pinup · varsity · necking · drag-racing
doo-wop
Fifties vocal harmony genre
- rock-and-rollGuitar-heavy popular music
- rockabillyHillbilly-influenced early rock
- pompadourHigh-fronted upswept hairstyle
ducktail · 45rpm · boogie-woogie · crooners · jukebox · phonograph · hi-fi · Motown · bebop
atomic
Of elemental particles
sunburst · biomorphic · space-age · starburst · pastel · turquoise · pink · charcoal · kitschy · futuristic
Eisenhower
- McCarthyismPolitically-motivated accusation without evidence
- SputnikFirst orbital spacecraft
- desegregationEnding enforced group separation
middle-aged
In life's middle decades
- menopauseEnd of fertility
- andropauseMen's midlife hormonal change
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
maturity · experience · midlife · grandparent · retirement · pension · healthcare · bifocals · AARP · downsizing
Elvis
Rock and roll monarch
- BrandoLegendary American film actor