- wrinkly
- an old personUsed by the young, mindless of 'time's winged chariot':... helping the wrinklies with their heating bills. {Private Eye, January 1987)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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Wrinkly — Wrin kly, a. Full of wrinkles; having a tendency to be wrinkled; corrugated; puckered. G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] His old wrinkly face grew quite blown out at last. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wrinkly — (adj.) 1580s, from WRINKLE (Cf. wrinkle) + Y (Cf. y) (2). As teen slang noun for old person, from 1972 (a British reference from 1982 applies it to people in their 40s) … Etymology dictionary
wrinkly — ► ADJECTIVE (wrinklier, wrinkliest) ▪ having many wrinkles. ► NOUN (pl. wrinklies) Brit. informal, derogatory ▪ an old person … English terms dictionary
wrinkly — I UK [ˈrɪŋklɪ] / US adjective Word forms wrinkly : adjective wrinkly comparative wrinklier superlative wrinkliest covered in wrinkles II UK [ˈrɪŋklɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms wrinkly : singular wrinkly plural wrinklies British informal an … English dictionary
wrinkly — [[t]rɪ̱ŋkli[/t]] wrinklies 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A wrinkly surface has a lot of wrinkles on it. ...wrinkly cotton and wool stockings. ...a smallish, greying man, with a wrinkly face. 2) N COUNT Young people sometimes refer to older people as… … English dictionary
wrinkly — /ring klee/, adj., wrinklier, wrinkliest. having wrinkles or tending to wrinkle; creased; puckery: a wrinkly material. [1565 75; WRINKLE + Y1] * * * … Universalium
Wrinkly Kong — est un personnage imaginaire créé par Rare pour Donkey Kong Country 2. Vieille femelle gorille débonnaire habillée d un gilet de laine vert et d une paire de lunettes, Wrinkly Kong est présentée comme l amie, si ce n est la femme de Cranky Kong.… … Wikipédia en Français
Wrinkly Face Provincial Park — Infobox protected area | name = Wrinkly Face Provincial Park iucn category = caption = Location of Wrinkly Face Provincial Park in British Columbia locator x = 208 locator y = 218 location = British Columbia, Canada nearest city = Winfield lat… … Wikipedia
wrinkly — adjective see wrinkle I … New Collegiate Dictionary
wrinkly — 1. adjective Having wrinkles. 2. noun An old person … Wiktionary
wrinkly — wrin|kly [ˈrıŋkli] n plural wrinklies BrE informal not polite an offensive word for someone who is old … Dictionary of contemporary English
