Writers need to rethink age adjectives.

When my grandmother was in her eighties, someone asked her the age of one of her friends. Her answer, “He’s not very old. About my age.

She wasn’t being flip or funny, it was a sincere reply. When retelling her answer, we all laughed. But now, over fifty years later, I realize, the joke’s on us.

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