What is in a name?

85 years young, 85 years old

Julian Harcourt
ILLUMINATION
Published in
2 min readApr 10, 2022

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Photo by Yan Krukov from Pexels

The type of language we use to describe “older” people tells us a lot about our attitudes to ageing.

There are many terms that were commonplace 10/20 years ago, which thankfully have been shuffled out of the way.

That still leaves us with what is acceptable.

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Julian Harcourt
ILLUMINATION

Owner greyafro marketing, interested in ageing & longevity (but aren't we all?)