old lady
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- noun
- /oʊld ˈleɪdi/
- Slang
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- But my old lady raised us 10 kids on a stinking watchman's pension.
- tell your old lady
- talk to your old lady
I, I let my yo get the best of me and started cheating on the old lady and just push them away.
- I, I let my yo get the best of me and started cheating on the old lady and just push them away.
- Want to say what's up and comment for your boy this wanting to bring other guys to the bedroom with his old lady.
Examples
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You get into a fight with your old lady?
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Maybe I could talk to your old lady, try and fix it up.
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Keep your hands off my old lady!
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So I've been making some cookies now for a little old lady friend who suffers from neuropathy.
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I took my old lady out for dinner to celebrate our anniversary.
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He always talks about how much he loves his old lady.
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After work, I'll head home to see my old lady and relax.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Literally 'old' + 'lady' yields 'an older woman', so a learner who knows the words might infer a woman is meant, but the slang sense 'one’s wife or girlfriend' is a cultural/affectionate extension not directly deducible from the parts. The specific relationship (wife/girlfriend) and the informal, sometimes jocular tone require pragmatic knowledge and exposure, so comprehension is partial rather than fully transparent.
Etymology
Old lady probably comes from early 1900s slang, when men used old to show a long, close relationship and lady as a polite word for a woman, so calling someone 'my old lady' felt familiar and a little teasing. So today old lady is a casual way for a man to mean his 'wife' or 'girlfriend'.