olds

name

1. A surname.
2. A town in Alberta, Canada.
3. A city in Iowa.
4. (informal)Oldsmobile, a brand of car by GM.
5. (form-of, plural)plural of Old

noun

1. (informal)A car of this make: an Oldsmobile.

   “Y.T. detaches from the Acura she's been hitched to for the last half mile, swings it over to Jason's fat Olds.”

2. (UK, plural, plural-normally, slang)One's parents.
3. (humorous, often, plural, plural-normally, slang)Anyone portrayed in the context as not young; for example, anyone older than the speaker's audience of coevals; often, middle-aged adults or older adults.

   “Her friends at school snicker at how the olds are clueless about TikTok trends. But they can't shame us olds about it very effectively, because we're old enough to know that today's trends too shall pass.”

   “Don't ask me what the kids consider cool at the moment — I'm just an old.”

4. (humorous, uncountable)Information that is no longer new.