[Ads-l] Of age (P.S.)

[Laurence Horn]

> On Feb 8, 2017, at 2:31 PM, Peter Reitan <pjreitan at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Heard on the news - Edward James Olmos discussing the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards refers to older people as - "people of age" - in the same way "people of color" is used.
> 
Or maybe a reduction of the traditional euphemism “of a certain age”?

LH
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