Age
Age noun - The state of being something old.
Usage example: the copper monument has acquired the patina of age
Novelty
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The list includes a football helmet full of cottage cheese, naked pictures of Bea Arthur (age unspecified), a sweet guitar and an oversized novelty baby bottle.
Source: Film / Airheads - At the time it aired, it was obvious that the Internet was invented too recently to have been around during his childhood, but by the mid-2010s someone in their thirties would likely have considered the Internet a novelty when they were his age.
Source: Long-Runner Tech Marches On - At the time the joke was just the novelty of children singing about non-child-friendly subject matter - nowadays this sounds like a parody of Kidz Bop, a series of compilation where children sing cover versions of top 40 hits (many of which also have age inappropriate themes).
Source: Hilarious In Hindsight / Music
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