Bufferdom
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of being an ‘old buffer’, or a conservative, somewhat foolish old man. UK, uncountable
"Sometime in the late autumn of 1977, I went to a book party that was held in the Rosebery Room of the House of Lords. Why I went I can’t think – the volume was some piece of unreadable bufferdom extruded by Lord Butler […]."
Example
More examples"Sometime in the late autumn of 1977, I went to a book party that was held in the Rosebery Room of the House of Lords. Why I went I can’t think – the volume was some piece of unreadable bufferdom extruded by Lord Butler […]."
Etymology
From buffer + -dom.
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