Like many foods, the process of aging develops your flavor… one way or another. Have you aged like bourbon, like pickles, or like lettuce?

The traditional descriptions are included in italics. As with other tags of a similar format, these should probably not be taken too literally or seriously, at least not unless one's real age is specified.

Ancient

Venerable

Old enough to know better!

You've been around.

Mature Adult: The sources define this in human terms as 20-30 years or so; essentially, the prime of life.

Young Adult: The sources define this in human terms as the teenage years. Adolescence, essentially.

Still under Mom's (or Dad's) wing.

Hatchling: Presumably the equivalent of at least infancy and possibly toddlerdom.

An egg (nearly hatched)!: If you're a fetus, I assume you would choose this.

I have no idea how old I am .. I lost count years ago!

As Wyrm notes, “This was the first tag in the original code to be 'distributive', i.e. to allow real and virtual ages to be specified without using two Age tags.”

Put after the A, this indicates that one is specifying one's “Real Life” age. For example, Ar- indicates: “I am a young adult in real life.”

Put after the A, this indicates that one is specifying one's “Virtual Life” age. For example, Av+ indicates: “I've been around on the internet!”

You can use both of the above in separate tags to specify both ages, but you can also use a short-form method by just putting the r and v parts within parenthesis. For example, Ar-Av+ and A(r-v+) both indicate: “I am a young adult in real life, but have been around on the net.”