O is for Octogenarian

: someone in their eighties

Bethany tied her plaid apron strings neatly in a bow then revved her hearing aid to maximum. “Ladies, on your marks,” echoed the announcer throughout the bingo hall. Bethany readied her whisk in anticipation of the starter’s pistol, she was not about to let the Octogenarian Shortbread Showdown sceptre slip through her grasp for a second year.