[Ads-l] twentysomething

[James A. Landau]

On Wed Mar 23 15:58:06 UTC Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM wrote:

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 Google Books shows about 14,000 exx. of "thirtysomethings," but 43,000 exx.
of "twentysomethings."

About a thousand for "eightysomethings."

I assumed that the plural forms are the more common.

JL
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"Thirtysomething" is the round in the NCAA basketball tournament before the Sweet Sixteen.


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