Geezer vs Old coot
Are both terms equally pejorative? Do both have the same connotations or used more or less in the US/UK?
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anonymous Are both terms equally pejorative? Do both have the same connotations or used more or less in the US/UK? All I can suggest is that both terms are still used only by old geezers and old coots.
- anonymous Are both terms equally pejorative?
- Do both have the same connotations or used more or less in the US/UK?
- All I can suggest is that both terms are still used only by old geezers and old coots.
- You will hear them very seldom nowadays.
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anonymousAre both terms equally pejorative? Do both have the same connotations or used more or less in the US/UK?
All I can suggest is that both terms are still used only by old geezers and old coots. You will hear them very seldom nowadays.
0According to Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/geezer), "geezer" in the US can mean "An old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man", i.e. much the same as "old coot". "geezer" doesn't mean that in the UK; it means something similar to "bloke", not in itself pejorative. You still hear it used
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