Report suggests avoiding age-old bias

’Codger’ is out, and don’t even think about using ’fogey’, ’fossil’ or ’elderly’, ageism activists in the US have warned.

’Codger’ is out, and don’t even think about using ’fogey’, ’fossil’ or ’elderly’, ageism activists in the US have warned.

In fact, ’senior’ and ’of a certain age’ are also no--nos on a list of dos and don’ts of reporting people of a certain age.

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