fogeydom

English

Etymology

From fogey +‎ -dom.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊɡidəm/

Noun

fogeydom (uncountable)

The state of being a fogey.
- 2012, Andrew Greig, “Paths to Enlightenment”, in Literary Review, number 399:
  The latent fogeydom never goes away entirely: contemporary or modern architecture, derided as ‘childish’, ‘infantile’ or plain ‘ugly’, is consistently and erroneously elided with postwar cheap tower-block brutalism and the destruction of town centres.

Synonyms

codgerhood, geezerdom, oldhood; see also Thesaurus:old age

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