I just searched the AARP site for an article that I never did find. It was a long time ago.
The subject was the word "geezer" which seems to always apply to a man. As I recall, the article was one of those one-page things. It went on a bit about the etymology of "geezer."
It seems like it said something about "to geez" as having to do with giving unsolicited advice. It also had another part to its word history that said "to geez" meant to gaze lasciviously.
It gave an example of an old guy who lived next door to a cute young woman who mowed her grass while wearing a bikini. When her mower sputtered to a stop one day, it gave the neighborly geezer the opportunity to rush over to her yard and geez according to both definitions.
I have no idea why I remember so much about this little article that I read probably 4 or 5 years ago. I also could be making the whole thing up. I really don't know for sure.
I did look up "geezer" in an online thesaurus just now and it had "fossil" which was bad enough, but then it said "mossback" which is just disgusting.
btw Sidney, haven't you heard? 60 is the new 40.
And another btw - Speaking of words like this, has anybody seen any "cougars" around TV? I guess in TV that would be a relative thing.
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