Talk: Newbies and Codgers
From Carl Grimes <gri...@habitats.com>
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· 2 Oct 1994 16:01 · View full thread
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rl3...@netcom.com (Zeus Paleologos) writes: >: >I believe the proper term is 'oldie' not 'codger,' thank you. Carl Grimes responded: >: Nothing personal, Zeus. I've been around awhile and my son has been for >: nearly 10 years! He is definitely an 'oldie' but is also definitely not a >: 'codger." >: I'm talking about a different class of 'oldies' that are more 'codgerie', not >: just experienced, but impatiently jaded. [snip] >: Just thought it might be fun to see what we could come up with! >Not to nit-pick, Carl, but the term 'codger' really doesn't seem to be >appropriate here, IMO. >The dictionary describes a 'codger' as an 'old miser.' OED relates it to >'cadger' who is described as 'one who gets his living by trickery.' Modern >colloquial usage connotes an 'eccentric old man who is likely more than he >seems.' Picky, picky. But you're right about it not fitting the dictionary definition. >Frankly, these don't seem to fit your description of a Net-know-it-all, "Net-know-it-all" is a good description for what I'm after. >many of whom have achieved their status more by their tenacity than their >tenure. And I don't want to demean the tenacious! Or the accomplished! My target is more the "self- appointed" and self-absorbed ones. The "KNOW-IT ALLS!" We're narrowing in here. I like the sound of codger and the contrast to Newbie, despite its lack of precise definition. > "Entities shall not be multiplied beyond necessity." [Occam's Razor] The Spartans weren't much fun. Carl Grimes
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