What does fogeydom mean?
Fogeydom means The state of being a fogey..
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/ˈfəʊɡidəm/ · noun
The state of being a fogey..
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.
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Fogeydom means The state of being a fogey..
Common synonyms include codgerhood, geezerdom, oldhood.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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