Mid-century modern is the new middle age. Midlife rebranded. Everything old is new again. No. No, don't say that word. Older. Not old. Beth Teitell (@BethTeitell) tackles the pejorative implications of referring to somebody as middle age. Her May 2018 Boston Globe piece, "The new insult: calling someone middle aged...", ponders a less loaded euphemism (epithet?) for our 40-65 gang. One ...
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Linguistic liposuction. Words are my opium, my Holy Grail, my Dulcinea del Toboso. Stop hoarding. Start purging. End binge. Launch fast. Replace forty pounds with forty poems. Paunch for poetry. One year. Go... (Source: "12 Steps: A Minifesto", 40x41: Midlife Crisis Postponed) Linguistic liposuction?!?! Believe it. You needed appreciate it, but you must believe it. This ...