dotards

plural of dotard

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Noun
  • What had long been the province of geriatrics quickly morphed into something performative and hyper-masculine, with podcasters hyping testosterone injections, influencers displaying stacks of supplements, and billionaires interested in blood plasma exchanges as a way to live longer.
    Anne Marie Chaker, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Your ability to move with or without ease comes down to muscle mass, range of motion, flexibility, and energy levels, according to Richard Dupee, MD, chief of geriatrics at Tufts Medical Center.
    Sydney Wingfield, Health, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But Italian brainrot’s invisible massiveness, totally foreign to oldsters but beloved by children across continents and languages, is a compelling and chilling showcase of our frazzled internet culture landscape.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Plus, lest oldsters forget, Buckingham Fountain is romantic.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Here are more Denver old-timers preserving the city’s culinary and cultural past while inching toward the future, in alphabetical order.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Inside, the multi-generational crowd united old-timers, who may well have been at some of the Dead’s first Golden Gate Park gigs decades ago with kids and young adults catching live Grateful Dead music for the first time.
    Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The scam calls are so prevalent, especially toward senior citizens, that Milwaukee's sheriff's office has kept a warning for them at the top of its public service announcement web page and developed a video in November 2024 on what people should expect.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • This extra information could have saved the lives of tourists who overestimate their hiking resilience, unhoused people unsure of their options to cool down and senior citizens who wait too long to ask for help — all causes of heat deaths every summer in Arizona.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Dotards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dotards. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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