# To Geeze or not to Geeze...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-geeze-or-not-to-geeze/694710>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 3, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-geeze-or-not-to-geeze/694710 "2014-08-03T12:54:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-geeze-or-not-to-geeze/694710/61 "2014-08-05T20:57:10Z")

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> [@Geezer1948](#):
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> See my username, which I have used for several years, partly to poke fun at myself for getting older, and partly to show I have a sense of humor about it. BTW, I think the adjective should be geezier, not geezer.
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> Regard,  
> Geezer1948

I yield to the more vested interest here, and concur that _geezer_ is one who _geezes_ and _geezier_ is descriptive of one who does it more or better.

What’s your preference for the collective term for those who geeze: Geezerhood, Geezerland, Geezerdom, or something else?

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-geeze-or-not-to-geeze/694710/62 "2014-08-05T23:08:45Z")

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We need a king. It should be me, since someone once referred to me as “poster child for the Curmudgeon Society”. I’ll be happy to review others’ resumes, but in the meantime, send your dues to me at 1056 Gofuckyourself Lane.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-geeze-or-not-to-geeze/694710/63 "2014-08-05T23:19:35Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> I love concerts where the remaining member of Three Dog Night (or some such) crawls out onto the stage and tries to stand up, using his guitar as a crutch, while attempting to croak “who wants to _rock_?”.

I just found out Stones drummer Charlie Watts and his wife are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this year. :eek: And Mick Jagger is now a great-grandfather.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-geeze-or-not-to-geeze/694710/64 "2014-08-05T23:28:29Z")

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Not long from now some of us will have as a theme song, “Beat me Granddaddy, 80 to the bar…”

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