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oldie

oldie

14 4.9
A popular song from the past that people still like
  • noun
  • /ˈoʊldi/
  • Informal
translation icon : clásico
  • It's an oldie but a goodie.
  • a golden oldie
  • an oldie but a goody

Cleo soul, Stevie Wonder, a lot of oldies, a lot of funk.

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Examples

  • Tonight, we're going to perform an oldie, but a goodie called I Got You, Babe.

    The Little Rascals Save the Day (2014)

  • The radio played an oldie from the 70s that I hadn't heard in years.

  • A golden oldie if ever there was one.

    House Calls (1978)

  • Since when does a song from 1997 count as a golden oldie?

    Fiction book (2001)

  • And this is an oldie, but a goodie in this video.

  • A little bit of an oldie, but a goodie.

  • But it's an oldie but a goodie.

  • A golden oldie from the '80s plays on the jukebox.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • This video is an oldie but a goodie and one of my favorite spooky scary sketches.

  • Oldie but a goodie.

    We Bought a Zoo (2011)

Synonyms

golden oldie
vsoldie
3 3.8

A popular song from the past that people still like

is any song from the past seen as classic or nostalgic
evergreen hit
vsoldie
4.5

A song that stays popular and is loved for many years

is rooted in past popularity and nostalgia rather than constant appeal

Antonyms

new hit
7 2.7

A new song that many people like and play a lot

Compounds

golden oldie
3 3.8

A popular song from the past that people still like

How Nostalgic

oldie
  • Informal
14 4.9
classic
  • Literature
268 4.8
new hit
7 2.7

Surface Forms

oldie singular
oldies plural

Morphology

oldie = old (transparent) = old + ie

Formed by the adjective 'old' plus the informal/diminutive suffix '-ie', yielding 'an old thing/person' (here, an old song), which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word oldie comes from old plus the familiar ending -ie, which makes a word sound small or friendly ('small' or 'friendly'), as in doggie or sweetie. So an oldie is simply something 'old' that people still love and remember, often a song that reminds them of the past.