Talk:get old fast
Latest comment: 5 years ago by Sgconlaw in topic RFD discussion: September–November 2018
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SOP. Per utramque cavernam 19:00, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
- It seems to me there's something about this phrase that make it a unit, but maybe it's the "get" part. I wouldn't say "Those corny puns are old" to mean they are tedious, I'd probably say "...have gotten old" 83.216.94.59 19:31, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
- Delete, indeed SOP. Corny puns (and corn buns) may also become stale quickly. My grandpaw is getting old fast now, but he sure ain’t getting more mellow. --Lambiam 07:36, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
- Given that sense #5 of old is "Tiresome", example "Your constant pestering is getting old", and assuming that this sense can be used generically, delete. Personally I have never heard of this meaning, and I would be able to understand the example only by guessing at the usual effect of constant pestering, or by vague association of "old" with "stale" and similar concepts. Could it be specifically AmE? Mihia (talk) 17:55, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
- "Get old" exists with same meaning; "fast" only means it's happening quickly; delete as SoP. Equinox ◑ 20:07, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
- Delete. PseudoSkull (talk) 20:36, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
- Delete Leasnam (talk) 11:53, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- Delete --SanctMinimalicen (talk) 13:55, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- Abstain. There may be something in this. The older you get the faster it happens. I was talking to one of my neighbours the other day who suddenly looks a lot older and more doddery, but he is 80 now. But I see that isn't what the entry is about. Doh. DonnanZ (talk) 17:35, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
- Delete per Eq. - -sche (discuss) 17:39, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
- Delete also per Equinox. --Robbie SWE (talk) 06:32, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
- Delete per Equinox. —Granger (talk · contribs) 04:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
- Deleted. — SGconlaw (talk) 06:44, 2 November 2018 (UTC)