Today’s English
August 17th, 2017
August 17th, 2017
1. New-born - The World Health Organization defines newborn as a baby under 28days old.
2. Infant – It is derived from the Latin word “infans” that means “speechless" and “unable to speak". Therefore the term can be used until the young child learns to speak. A young child between one month and one year of age is an infant.
3. Toddler – To toddle means to walk with short and unsteady steps. A young child who has just learnt to walk is a toddler. It generally happens around one year of age.
4. Baby – Cambridge dictionary defines baby as “a very young child, especially one that has not yet begun to walk or talk.” Once it talks and walks, the terms infant and baby may be avoided. (Around one year). But you can use it to address the person you love most at any age – your daughter, wife, husband, lover, etc. (Oh baby, I’ll do anything for you.). The same is an offensive word if it’s used when somebody behaves like a child or not very close to you. (Ah baby! Why do you ask about this?)
5. Child – a boy or girl until he or she becomes an adult(18 years old) is called as a child. But Child marriage refers to the one in which the girl is below 18 or the boy is below 21 as per Indian laws and child labour refers to employment before the age of 14. Childhood legally ends when a person reaches anywhere 15 to 21 depending upon the countries, mostly 18 in many countries.
6. Kids – an informal and common word for children
7. Tweener – a pre-teen child, especially between 9 and 12 is a tween or tweener. This is called tweenage.
8. Teenager – a young person between thirteen and nineteen(all ages ending in “teen”) is a teenager. You can say such a person – “you are in your early/late/sweet teens.”
9. Adult – a person whose childhood legally ends at 18 is an adult. (You have to watch 'adult only' or “18+” videos, if only you are really an adult).
10. Adolescent – a young person developing from a child into an adult. The WHO defines an adolescent as “a person aged 10 to 19 years inclusive.”
11. Youth – a young man or woman especially before becoming an adult. The period of life during this age is known as youth. Youngster is also a young person.
12. Man – an adult male human
13. Woman – an adult female human
14. Lady /gentleman – polite term for woman/ man
15. The middle-aged – people who are neither young nor old, between 45 and 65
16. The aged – very old people, above 65
17. Senior citizens – polite expression for aged people, generally people above 60 but in Indian railway, men above 60 and women above 58.
18. Sexagenarian – a person between 60 and 69
19. Septuagenarian – a person in seventies, between 70 and 79
20. Octogenarian – a person between 80 and 89
21. Nonagenarian – a person between 90 and 99
22. Centenarian – a person who is 100 and above
23. Supercentenarian – a person who has passed 110th birthday.
Do you know?
As per astrology, human life span is 120 years. Since the death of 117-year-old Emma Morano of Italy on 15 April 2017, 117-year-old Violet Brown of Jamaica, born 10 March 1900, is the oldest living person in the world whose age has been documented.
As per astrology, human life span is 120 years. Since the death of 117-year-old Emma Morano of Italy on 15 April 2017, 117-year-old Violet Brown of Jamaica, born 10 March 1900, is the oldest living person in the world whose age has been documented.
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