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old-timers' disease

old-timers' disease is the alternative form of old timer's disease.

Meaning of old timer's disease

Noun

old timer's disease (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, slang, sometimes) Eggcorn of Alzheimer's disease (“a disorder involving loss of mental functions resulting from brain tissue changes”).

Questions about old-timers' disease

What is old-timers' disease the alternative form of?
Old-timers' disease is the alternative form of old timer's disease.

Words near old-timers' disease in the dictionary

  1. old-time music
  2. old-timely
  3. old-timer
  4. old-timer's disease
  5. old-timers
  6. old-timers' disease
  7. old-timey
  8. old-timeyness
  9. old-timier
  10. old-timiest
  11. old-timy

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