Without looking it up - do you know what octogenerian means????

ladyredlight

This was one of Corey's spelling words.  I've never heard the word before. 

dmendel

80 year old?

tara07733

A person in his or her 80s.

laurenpetro

someone in their 80s?

mrs.jen&dave

yes.

laurenpetro

i'll use it in a sentence for you:

"i really hope my father's wife does not live to be an OCTOGENARIAN,"

ladyredlight

Huh - you guys are all right.  I've never heard of that word before.

dmendel

laurenpetro:

i'll use it in a sentence for you:

"i really hope my father's wife does not live to be an OCTOGENARIAN,"

AHHAHA 

Laurms15

Yes

Kari78

laurenpetro:

i'll use it in a sentence for you:

"i really hope my father's wife does not live to be an OCTOGENARIAN,"

 LOL!  And yes I knew

LaKi

laurenpetro:

i'll use it in a sentence for you:

"i really hope my father's wife does not live to be an OCTOGENARIAN,"

LOL You evil woman!

Yes, I knew what it meant - not sure I knew 100% how to spell it but would probably come close. 

penguingrrl

Yes, it means someone in their 80s. Doesn't seem like that obscure a word to me.

Apr06

Someone in the 80's

TSD

Sure do. They're the bulk of my customer base

UsedToBeGoldie

yup. I have known for a while- since my grandmother was one she's 93 now... so it's been a while that we've heard that word used

HarrietNJMommy

I do, but that's only because I speak greek and I dissected the word.

metucker

yes.

bosha711

I never heard the word before, but it was easy to guess what it meant just by breaking it down.

wrysmyguy

yes