# How old is Cecil?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-cecil/148276>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 13, 2003, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-cecil/148276 "2003-01-13T10:43:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-cecil/148276/41 "2003-01-17T07:00:52Z")

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The dictionary is a bit incomplete in that it should’ve stated that the phrase means “the tenth generation of Americans”, hence the “X”.

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-cecil/148276/42 "2003-01-17T07:30:46Z")

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> [@](#):
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> More accurately, “Purported photo of Cecil Adams”. (It’s my web page, so I should know)

But **whitetho** , as another resident of the Triangle, I am beginning to entertain serious doubts as to **your** objective existence! I have better proof of **John Corrado** than I do of you! 🙂

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**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-cecil/148276/43 "2003-01-17T11:37:45Z")

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I live in Cary. I have been assimilated. Resistance is futile.

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**Author:** ![femtosecond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@femtosecond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femtosecond)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-cecil/148276/44 "2003-01-17T12:49:09Z")

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I checked with this thread first: [When did the baby boom end?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=118905) some others: [Generation-X, Baby Boomer, who makes this crap up?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=58283), [What is generation X ?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=96876)

The 1946 to 1964 inclusive range seems to be accepted by most people and is as ‘official’ as such a term can get. Cecil wouldn’t use or mean a different definition without educating us about why ours has been wrong, would he?

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**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-cecil/148276/45 "2003-01-17T14:29:05Z")

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> \*Originally posted by manhattan \*  
> \*\*Well I’ll be damned – the Boss _does_ read GQ from time to time.  
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Nah. I bet he was doing a vanity search.

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**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-cecil/148276/46 "2003-01-17T15:47:27Z")

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I figured 'coupla hundred years at _least_…

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