[Ads-l] RES: twentysomething

[David Daniel]

The 90's TV show was called Thirtysomething. That should make it easier to
Google.
DAD

Enviada em: terça-feira, 22 de março de 2016 13:05
Para: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Assunto: twentysomething
Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      twentysomething
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The middle-aged may recall that the age-related twentysomething" was
popularized by the circa 1990 TV series of the same name - which appears to
have left precious little trace on the Net that I can find quickly.

Here it means "twenty [some-] odd" or "some twenty":

CNN crawl:

"20 something dissidents were detained by Cuban authorities."

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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