codgerhood

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codgerhood

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From codger + -hood.

noun

uncountable The quality of being a codger; grouchy old age or fogeydom. 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.
Similar: fogeydom, geezerdom, oldhood

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@misc{codgerhood_2026,
  title = {codgerhood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/codgerhood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}