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Etymology

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From mid- +‎ eighties.

Noun

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mideighties pl (plural only)

  1. The middle years of the 1980s.
    • 2013, Amanda Jenkins, Confessions of a Raging Perfectionist, page 14:
      Jerry started his career as a sportswriter in the late sixties, held titles like editor and publisher for various print publications during the seventies, was promoted to vice president of Moody Publishing in the mideighties []