[Ads-l] today years old

[Ben Zimmer]

"Today years old" was nominated in the Most Creative category for 2018 ADS
Word of the Year. We covered the expression in the Feb. 2021 installment of
"Among the New Words" (AmSp 96.1). There are examples in the supplementary
material going back to 2015.

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2015 Sept. 10, Staci Charles (@stacilyncharles), Twitter: I was today years
old when I learned I had been wearing the wrong size bra my entire life.
https://twitter.com/thestacicharles/status/642071031583215616
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More here:
https://read.dukeupress.edu/american-speech/article-abstract/96/1/105/168403/Among-the-New-Words

JL also brought it up here in 2020.
https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2020-June/157409.html

--bgz


On Sun, Oct 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM Jonathan Lighter <
00001aad181a2549-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> 2019
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/asuqld/what_is_the_deal_with_i_was_today_years_old/
> :  What is the deal with "I was today years old"?
>
> 2023 _Sentinel-Record_ (Hot Springs, Ar.) (Dec. 21) 6B [GenealogyBank]:
> Social media speak: "I was today years old."
>
> Many Google hits.
>
>
>

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