English Dictionary

bufferdom

名詞

イギリス英語 不可算名詞

(UK) The state of being an ‘old buffer’, or a conservative, somewhat foolish old man.

日本語の意味

保守的であり、やや愚かな高齢男性である状態 / 古風な価値観や常識に固執する、年老いた男性という性質・状態

After decades of stubborn routine, his bufferdom finally showed when he refused to learn how to use a smartphone.

何十年もの頑固な習慣のせいで、保守的でどこか愚かな老人らしさがついに顔を出し、スマートフォンの使い方を覚えようとしなかった。

意味（1）

(UK) The state of being an ‘old buffer’, or a conservative, somewhat foolish old man.

Sometime in the late autumn of 1977, I went to a book party that was held in the Rosebery Room of the House of Lords. Why I went I can’t think – the volume was some piece of unreadable bufferdom extruded by Lord Butler […].