antediluvians

noun

plural of antediluvian
as in conservatives
a person with old-fashioned ideas thought his dad was an antediluvian for refusing to use any social media

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  1. conservatives
  2. fossils
  3. veterans
  4. fogies
Noun
  • Ocasio-Cortez’s choice to share her egg-freezing publicly has kicked off furious debate and confused hand-wringing among conservatives.
    — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Some conservatives were outraged online over the project plan, while others urged people to take a more measured approach, noting that the new stations are not about pushing any ideology.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of conservatives
Noun
  • The source of historical botany was measured through the archives of plant fossils until the 1500s, upon the discovery of papermaking.
    — Candace Barone, Florida Times-Union, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Reading the forest from fossil leaves As paleobotanists, my colleagues and I use plant fossils to identify which species once lived in a place.
    — Regan E. Dunn, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of fossils
Noun
  • Perhaps Vitello has finally decided to be assertive with one of his veterans.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Two more AlphaFold veterans, Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, followed Jumper out the door.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of veterans
Noun
  • For the benefit of us old fogies?
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Now the 10% is for stubborn old fogies who refuse to change their ways and try something new.
    — Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2026
Definition of fogies
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