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“Feisty,” “spry,” “feeble,” “eccentric,” “senile” and “grandmotherly” are unwelcome terms for older adults
Grant Barrett
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2009/02/11 - 7:39pm

Goodbye, Spry Codgers. So Long, Feisty Crones. The International Longevity Center in New York City, along with Aging Services of California, has put together a stylebook to guide media professionals through the minefield of politically correct and politically incorrect ways of identifying and portraying the elderly.

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