old fartism

noun

The state of being an old fart, of being old and having old-fashioned views.

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Meanings

nounold fartism (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableThe state of being an old fart, of being old and having old-fashioned views.

    Isn't all a matter of individual taste? Sure, and so is the difference between Coltrane and Kiss, or Mozart and Hell Rot. But lest I be rightfully accused of the brand of old-fartism I myself ridiculed in my younger years,...

    2002, A. C. Weisbecker, In Search of Captain Zero

Origin

From old fart + -ism.

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old fartism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old%20fartism

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Chicago

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