Slang of the Day February 6, 2021

💠empty-nester 🇦🇺🇺🇸

✍🏾Meaning

a parent whose children have grown up and left home

❕For example

🔺After spending many years raising their children, Kevin and Joan are now empty-nesters after their youngest daughter went to live with some friends.

🔺We're still getting used to being empty-nesters. The house seems so quiet all the time.

▫️Variety

This is typically used in American and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.