As A Boomer, I Don't Understand Why People Are So Scared To Say This 1 Little Word. That’s why I think people should use the word “old” in describing themselves or others over 70. I’m wiser than most people, and, yeah, I’m old! Then, perhaps, people won’t shy from the word “old.”If any generation can change the taboo around that word, it’s my own. We boomers still exert enough cultural heft to rehabilitate the word “old” and to view getting old as a privilege — not a punishment.

Source: Huffington Post April 19, 2025 12:18 UTC