Meaning of Eighties | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.
   plural, plural-only
2. The decade of one's life from age 80 through age 89.
   plural, plural-only
3. The range between 80 and 89.
   plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“Only kids born in the eighties remember this song!”

“Our readers — and contributors — are apt to elect a good deal according to years. The seventies and eighties, we may suppose, are concerned for the large educational and cultural interests of their Alma Mater; the nineties are deep in the practical and business activities; the noughties are not naughty, but still young enough to sport a fantastic costume at reunion and let the college wag as it will; the oneties are the really wise as to what the college ought to be, especially on its athletic side, but as contributors modest.”

“1919, Harry Hamilton Johnston, The Gay-Dombeys: A Novel, Macmillan, page 172, He and his clever staff of minor blackguards exploited to the full every weakness and caries in the London Society of the 'eighties, 'nineties, and 'oughts.”

“Only folks in their eighties remember this song!”

“No wonder I'm sweating, it's in the eighties!”

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