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  1. In a nutshell, “forties” is the correct term to refer to the decade of life between 40 and 49. On the other hand, “fortysomething” is a more casual and colloquial way of describing someone in their forties without specifying their exact age.

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  3. Jan 17, 2023 · fortysomething (countable and uncountable, plural fortysomethings) (countable, colloquial) A person between 40 and 49 years old. She was a sprightly fortysomething. Some people console themselves with the thought that, basically, worse things happen at sea: in middle-class Britain today, particularly familied fortysomethings, it’s Chicken ...

  4. Fortysomething Definition. A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.

  5. forty-something. Alternative form of fortysomething; Noun [edit] forty-something (plural forty-somethings) Alternative form of fortysomething;

  6. forty-something. 1. adjective Of an unspecified age in one's forties. He looks like he's in his 60s, but he's really just forty-something. Hold up, Jen's only 31, but her husband's forty-something?

  7. 1. a certain undetermined or unspecified thing: Something is wrong there. Tell me something. 2. (used esp. in combination to indicate an additional amount, as of years or cents, that is unknown, unspecified, or forgotten): She's twenty-something. He charged me ten something for the hat.

  8. Fortysomething is a 2003 British comedy-drama series set in Wimbledon, London. Hugh Laurie (who also directed the initial three episodes of the series) stars as Paul Slippery, a doctor facing a mid-life crisis. [1] His wife Estelle (Anna Chancellor) is starting a new career as a headhunter.