fogeyhood
English
Etymology
From fogey + -hood.
Noun
fogeyhood (uncountable)
- The state or condition of being a fogey
- 2014, Eric D. Barreto, Reading Theologically:
- And yet I wish to risk a little bit of apparent fogeyhood and invite us to marvel at the fact that such complexity can be encoded in “just a bunch of ones and zeroes,” for therein lies a rather rich metaphor worth exploring as we consider how to read digitally.
- 2016, Thomas Berger, Best Friends:
- She had meant it when asking for a real drink. Roy had heard that the hard stuff was coming back into fashion, but had not till now met any female who displayed that taste. Perhaps he was on his way to fogeyhood.
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Synonyms
- fogeydom