Re: Re: "gerries" for old persons

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 3/17/04 1:36:25 PM, wendalyn at NYC.RR.COM writes:


> I often heard "wrinklies" while living in England (1987-97).
> Wendalyn Nichols
>
> At 11:39 PM 3/15/04 -0800, you wrote:
> >Does anyone know anything about this word? I heard it used by the
> >20-something son of a friend, and Google turns up some hits, but it's
> >hard to tell what its status is. It also turns up "wrinklies" and
> >"crumble" -- are there other new items of this type?
> >
> >Geoff Nunberg
>
>

As I recall, the novel CLOCKWORK ORANGE used a made-up term based on Russian:
old people were called Starries. I always liked that.