Umm, no.

Sophie's vocabulary was fresh out of that word. Whatever it was. She sort of glanced around the classroom as a few of her classmates chimed in. How did people her age even know that word? If it meant getting old, what was so wrong with just saying 'getting old'?

Sophie had never heard anybody say, "Senescence got the best of him," or "He is suffering from senescence." Whatever. She just used the saying, "old people."

No response from this Newell.