How come we call the elderly "old people", but we don't call children "new people", amirite?

+140 How come we call the elderly "old people", but we don't call children "new people", amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

"young people"

by Anonymous 11 years ago

because young is the opposite of old....used is the opposite of new.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Repeat. I posted this a couple years ago.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Newborns?

by Anonymous 11 years ago