today years old

English

Adjective

today years old (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang, humorous) One's current age (to the day).
   • 2018 September 1, Spohr, Mike, “19 Mind-Blowing Things People Learned When They Were "Today Years Old"”, in BuzzFeed^[1], archived from the original on 11 August 2020.
   • 2019 July 3, Jaimie Vandenbergh, “OT Jeff Bezos: Forget Mars, humans will live in these free-floating space pod colonies”, in rec.arts.sf.written‎^[2] (Usenet), message-ID <ubunhelmhocu69hg4h0f28koec2au11j8p@4ax.com>:

     My word. I can't believe I was today years old when I first heard of this.

   • 2020 May 5, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!, “Admissions of Things You Ought to Have Known But Did Not: A Thread”, in RBW Owners Bunch‎^[3] (Usenet), message-ID <4C0F9CD0-262B-4D76-8485-411F4C33286A@gmail.com>:

     Steve was today years old when he learned not to guess at a woman’s weight.

Usage notes

Almost always used when humorously discussing information one just learnt, as if referring more traditionally to the age in years at which one learnt it.