Fogeyhood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being a fogey uncountable

    "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."

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fogeydomfogeydom

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"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."

Etymology

From fogey + -hood.

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