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- noun Old people who are in good
health
Etymologies
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In a speech at an Age UK event, Ms Harman will call for recognition of the growing numbers in Britain of the "wellderly" - the elderly who are well and play a major role in society.
icHuddersfield 2010
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In a speech at an Age UK event, Ms Harman will call for recognition of the growing numbers in Britain of the "wellderly" - the elderly who are well and play a major role in society.
icHuddersfield 2010
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In a speech at an Age UK event, Ms Harman will call for recognition of the growing numbers in Britain of the "wellderly" - the elderly who are well and play a major role in society.
icHuddersfield 2010
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In a speech at an Age UK event, Ms Harman will call for recognition of the growing numbers in Britain of the "wellderly" - the elderly who are well and play a major role in society.
icHuddersfield 2010
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In a speech at an Age UK event, Ms Harman will call for recognition of the growing numbers in Britain of the "wellderly" - the elderly who are well and play a major role in society.
Mirror.co.uk - News 2010
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In a speech at an Age UK event, Ms Harman will call for recognition of the growing numbers in Britain of the "wellderly" - the elderly who are well and play a major role in society.
icCoventry 2010
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In a speech at an Age UK event, Ms Harman will call for recognition of the growing numbers in Britain of the "wellderly" - the elderly who are well and play a major role in society.
icBirmingham 2010
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To pinpoint hereditary sources of longevity, researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., are recruiting 2,000 healthy people over 80 years old to compare the entire genetic sequences of these "wellderly" to those from people who died of common age-related illnesses before they reached 80.
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Commons leader Harriet Harman has said she is a "victim of an unfair banning order", following a report that branded the term "wellderly" as impenetrable.
Epolitix News 2010
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The Equality minister coined the term "wellderly" to describe "a new cohort of well, active, healthy older people".
Epolitix News 2010
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