forty-somethings
Between thirty and fifty
Forty-somethings are people in their forties—between forty and forty-nine years old.
The term groups people by decade of life, often to discuss generational traits or life stages: The bar was full of forty-somethings reliving their college days.
Also spelled fortysomethings.
Compare thirty-somethings, fifty-somethings.
Halfway through adulthood
- middle-agedIn life's middle decades
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
- boomersPostwar demographic cohort
- millennialsThose born 1981-1996
census · population · bracket · adults · demographic · workforce · consumers · voters
Key to outer door
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- eightiesYears from eighty-nine backward
- nineties1990-1999
- slackersThose who avoid effort
grunge · vinyl · mixtapes · dial-up · adaptable · cynical · independent · pragmatic
Cellular nutrient conversion
- wrinklesSurface lines from folding
- perimenopausePhase before fertility ends
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
crow's-feet · bifocals · cholesterol · joints · fatigue · hormones · screenings · colonoscopy
Rank from length of service
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- expertiseSkill from extensive practice
- leadershipAbility to direct others
mentoring · redundancy · ageism · relevance · upskilling · consulting · entrepreneurship · burnout
Secured home loan
- teenagersPeople aged thirteen to nineteen
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- remarriageWedding after divorce/widowhood
- establishedFormally set up
settled · responsibilities · commitments · stability · transitions · reassessment · reinvention
midlife
Halfway through adulthood
- middle-agedIn life's middle decades
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
- boomersPostwar demographic cohort
millennials · census · population · bracket · adults · demographic · workforce · consumers · voters · homeowners
latchkey
Key to outer door
slackers · grunge · vinyl · mixtapes · dial-up · adaptable · cynical · independent · pragmatic · overlooked
metabolism
Cellular nutrient conversion
- wrinklesSurface lines from folding
- perimenopausePhase before fertility ends
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
stamina · crow's-feet · bifocals · cholesterol · joints · fatigue · hormones · screenings · colonoscopy
seniority
Rank from length of service
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- expertiseSkill from extensive practice
leadership · mentoring · redundancy · ageism · relevance · upskilling · consulting · entrepreneurship · burnout · promotion
mortgage
Secured home loan
- teenagersPeople aged thirteen to nineteen
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- remarriageWedding after divorce/widowhood
established · settled · responsibilities · commitments · stability · transitions · reassessment · reinvention
forty-somethingsinfants
Very young children
newborns · teenagers · children · teens · adolescents
forty-somethingsnewborns
Recently delivered infants
infants · babies · toddlers · children · youngsters
forty-somethingskids
Young human offspring
youngsters · pensioners · retirees · juveniles · minors
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