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Sheng nu: A derogatory Chinese slang term loosely translating to "leftover women", used to describe unmarried older women.(see "Spinster" below) Silver fox: A sexually-attractive or promiscuous older person, typically a woman. (see "cougar" above) Spinster: A woman who, in her own culture, is single beyond the age at which most people get married.
Used of mentally ill and neurotic women, particularly single women and spinsters who hoard cats. [23] Cretin [citation needed] Cripple "A person with a physical or mobility impairment". Its shortened form ("crip") has been reclaimed by some people with disabilities as a positive identity. [6] [7] [17] [24] Confined to a wheelchair
Elderspeak is a specialized speech style used by younger adults with older adults, characterized by simpler vocabulary and sentence structure, filler words, content words, overly-endearing terms, closed-ended questions, using the collective "we", repetition, and speaking more slowly.
Another unique type of care cropping in U.S. hospitals is called acute care of elder units, or ACE units, which provide "a homelike setting" within a medical center specifically for older adults. [41] Staff at On Lok Senior Health Services interact with participants in their senior day care program in San Francisco's Chinatown, mid 1970s.
The word bespoke is most known for its "centuries-old relationship" with tailor-made suits, [2] but the Oxford English Dictionary also ties the word to shoemaking in the mid-1800s. [7] Although it is now used as an adjective, it was originally used as the past participle of bespeak. [2]
“Sexual fantasies are as normal as breathing for most adults,” explains Angie Rowntree, founder and director of Sssh.com, a sex-positive, ethical porn platform made from a woman’s point of ...
The Amateur Athletics Union even went as far as prohibiting women from running more than 1.5 miles (2.4 km) and the organizers of the Boston Marathon did not want to “take the liability” of ...
The Sexual Health in Older Adults Research (SHOAR) program [9] is one of the few research studies devoted to the sexual health preferences of older adults. Their overall aim was to obtain evidence for improving sexual health services among middle-aged and older adults (45 and older) and generate relevant policy recommendations for local ...