# Elderkaren?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elderkaren/914433>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 6, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elderkaren/914433 "2020-07-06T02:27:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elderkaren/914433/21 "2020-07-08T01:35:29Z")

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My Mom’s first name is Myrtle, but she goes by either her middle name or nickname. I had a student named Agnes in the last 10-15 years; she’s probably college age now.

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**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elderkaren/914433/22 "2020-07-08T02:28:59Z")

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> [@Ynnad](#):
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> Let’s just say she was very rude to not only me but half the people in the park. And she was a hypocrite.

Beazel Neck:

A crabby, demanding old woman with a wrinkly tuft of skin on her throat area that waddles while she’s bitching or snapping at someone.

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**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elderkaren/914433/23 "2020-07-08T09:33:01Z")

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In Poland, Agnieszka (Agnes) is pretty common still, but most of the Agnieszkas I know on this side of the pond go by an Americanization of their middle name instead for precisely this reason.

Re-watching _“Despicable Me”_ the other day, I was struck by the old-ladyishness of the names of the girls: Margo, Edith, and Agnes.

Somehow the movie wouldn’t have been as funny if they were Jennifer, Ashley and Kristen.

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**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elderkaren/914433/24 "2020-07-08T13:14:57Z")

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> [@elmwood](#):
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> I wonder if Jennifer, Melissa, or Becky will ever become old lady names in the same way as a Hildegard, Myrtle, or Gladys.

Absolutely!

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**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elderkaren/914433/25 "2020-07-08T17:05:30Z")

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The old ladies are called biddies. Middle age ones are called bitches.

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**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elderkaren/914433/26 "2020-07-10T10:22:03Z")

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> [@EmilyG](#):
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> An Elderkaren is called a boomer.

I think the term is “HOA member”.

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