I say this because senior citizens sounds old. Vintaged Historians is what our nature is. We are a library of experiences good and bad and loaded with endless wisdom.
2007-09-01 16:22:10 · 15 answers · asked by Tinman12 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
I do NOT want to be referred to as a "VINTAGED HISTORIAN". Good grief, that sounds like the name of a pair of my grandmother's old dusty forgotten shoes in the back of her closet. yuk!!!!!!
"Senior" is ok ......... but when you attach "citizen" to it, it feels like "comrade" and a bit too much of a socialistic feel to it for my tastes. And besides it doesn't fit with anything else, for instance how come we don't refer to 'baby citizens' or 'teen citizens' or 'middle aged citizens'???????? I don't know who ever came up with it, but it just doesn't sound like I'm still part of recognized and respected society. I don't want to be so special that I'm discounted or possibly disenfranchised.
"Geezer" is fun and funny but denotes many years older than I currently am at 60. But then don't we all feel like "old" is much older than whatever age we are :O)))))))))
"Elder" makes me feel like I shouldn't be driving a car anymore and "Retired" by itself sounds like all you do is sit all day and dream of days gone by.
I personally prefer "Boomer" or "Retired Boomer", thankyou.
But for the purpose of renaming the link, like you have suggested and in the interests of encompassing ALL of us experienced older folks, of differing adult age groups, I would suggest "Mature".
2007-09-02 08:34:59 · answer #1 · answered by autumlovr 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. That still doesn't sound right to me.
I DO agree that Senior Citizens sounds kind of pretentious and maybe even smacks of Communism (comrade!) or George Orwell's 1984 (where everyone was addressed as "citizen").
I tried using Silver Citizens...but that is wrong for the same reasons, and sounds even MORE pretentious.
I have seen people using Silver Surfers, where I suppose they are referring to web surfing, but it makes me think of aged beach boys.
How about Chroniclers of Wisdom? After all, it isn't ONLY seniors that can give good advice. Nah, that sounds pretty ridiculous too.
I just don't know....I'll have to think about this some more.
2007-09-02 00:15:30 · answer #2 · answered by Susie Q 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I prefer the term used by the public transit system in Portland, Oregon: Honored Citizens.
2007-09-02 03:13:04 · answer #3 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We're having so much fun the way it is. We know we're not old. Vintaged Historians makes us sound oh-so-serious and bookish.
Girls just wanna have fun. I'm happy with it as it is.
2007-09-02 01:19:34 · answer #4 · answered by felines 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Fabulous question!
Vintage Historian sounds very dignified and wise, I like it.
:-)
2007-09-02 02:09:08 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Somehow, Vintaged" sounds old also. I'll be curious to see what the seniors have to say.
knuckles...Old wrinklies? Shame on you!!!
2007-09-01 23:33:41 · answer #6 · answered by Shortstuff13 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I prefer to think of myself as a Tribal Elder Details Specialist... sometimes forget what I did yesterday, but just ask me who sat next to me in 6th grade [Tony Frank] and what street my grade-school was on [Beachwood] and the name of the man who owned the motel down the street from my grandma's house at the beach [Mr. Vanderkloot]. Hey, somebody's got to do it, right?
2007-09-02 08:32:01 · answer #7 · answered by constantreader 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seniors should definitely not be lumped in with the Lesbians Seniors should have their own Group. They deserve it.
2007-09-02 00:01:23 · answer #8 · answered by pooterilgatto 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Classics ?
2007-09-02 04:03:49 · answer #9 · answered by Stella 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I prefer "Repository of knowledge"
Definition" Repository:- a place where things are stored, as for safekeeping
2007-09-02 16:54:00 · answer #10 · answered by Moe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋