Codgerhood
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being a codger; grouchy old age or fogeydom. uncountable
"I am feeling a touch of performance anxiety. James Brewer has already knocked down my sense of agelessness a notch or two with the news that my brain is shrinking. Now I am subjecting myself to a test that might reveal me to be prematurely transforming into mental codger-hood."
Example
More examples"I am feeling a touch of performance anxiety. James Brewer has already knocked down my sense of agelessness a notch or two with the news that my brain is shrinking. Now I am subjecting myself to a test that might reveal me to be prematurely transforming into mental codger-hood."
Etymology
From codger + -hood.
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