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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 used to be
  2. old time used to be's
  3. old timer
  4. old timer's disease
  5. old timers
  6. old timers' disease
  7. old times
  8. old timey
  9. old toast
  10. old toasts
  11. Old Tom

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