Old Coot....Old Codger?

[NativeSon]

A guy at work and I got into the discussion of which was senior in rank, "Old Coot" or "Old Codger". His opinion was that "Old Codger" was senior. That made him(3 mo. older) an "Old Codger" and me an "Old Coot". I ask you, Coots and Codgers, does this ranking seem correct?

Charlie

 

[TripleR]

Sorry, gotta go with "Old Codger" and it has absolutely nothing to do with me being one; facts are facts.

 

[Baby Grand]

Second that.
Codger is outranked only by Curmudgeon.
Coot is a "new" guy.

 

[Haywire]

How does "dirty ol' man" rank? That's kinda what I aspire to be in a few years.

 

[smstonypoint]

A guy at work and I got into the discussion of which was senior in rank, "Old Coot" or "Old Codger". His opinion was that "Old Codger" was senior. That made him(3 mo. older) an "Old Codger" and me an "Old Coot". I ask you, Coots and Codgers, does this ranking seem correct?

Charlie

Sorry, gotta go with "Old Codger" and it has absolutely nothing to do with me being one; facts are facts.

Facts are facts, but what are the facts?

I have access to the online version of the Oxford English Dictionary(OED): the definitive record of the English language.

Here are the OED definitions:

Codger

A mean, stingy, or miserly (old) fellow; sometimes, like cadger, a pedlar, tramp, or beggar

A testy or crusty (old) man

A familiar or jocosely irreverent term applied
a. originally to an elderly man, usually with a grotesque or whimsical implication
b. In more general application: Fellow, chap.

Coot

A silly person, simpleton


I report, you decide.

Steve

 

[smstonypoint]

Second that.
Codger is outranked only by Curmudgeon.
Coot is a "new" guy.

Again, what are the facts?

The OED lists Doctor Johnson's definition for curmudgeon: An avaricious churlish fellow; a miser, a niggard (Johnson).

I report, you decide.

Steve

 

[DAY]

My on-line dictionary sez:
codger |ˈkäjər|
noun often derogatory
an elderly man, esp. one who is old-fashioned or eccentric. (When I was boy, we used a manual gear box, whippersnapper!)

I happen to be a geezer (an old man (used as a disparaging term). We do not "suffer fools gladly", and give short shrift to imbeciles- which applies to most everyone younger(and spryer) than us.

Galoots, on the other hand, can be of any age. (Why are they always called "big galoots"?)

 

[lockhaven]

I could be a coot-codger or would it be a codger-coot.........now I am confused and guess I will have to go get on my tractor for a few hours, maybe more, to decide. decisions decisions

 

[TripleR]

Facts are facts, but what are the facts?

I have access to the online version of the Oxford English Dictionary(OED): the definitive record of the English language.

Here are the OED definitions:

Codger

A mean, stingy, or miserly (old) fellow; sometimes, like cadger, a pedlar, tramp, or beggar

A testy or crusty (old) man

A familiar or jocosely irreverent term applied
a. originally to an elderly man, usually with a grotesque or whimsical implication
b. In more general application: Fellow, chap.

Coot

A silly person, simpleton


I report, you decide.

Steve

Even a superficial review of the various definitions clearly show Old Codger to be superior, though this may escape the notice of an Old Coot for obvious reasons. Curmudgeon is clearly a different genus.

 

[smstonypoint]

I happen to be a geezer (an old man (used as a disparaging term).

Galoots, on the other hand, can be of any age. (Why are they always called "big galoots"?)

The OED's definitions are

Geezer

A term of derision applied esp. to men, usu. but not necessarily elderly; a chap, fellow.

Galoot

An awkward or uncouth fellow: often used as a term of good-natured depreciation.

Steve