bufferdom

Etymology

From buffer + -dom.

bufferdom means the state of being an ‘old buffer’, or a conservative, somewhat foolish old man. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.

noun

The state of being an ‘old buffer’, or a conservative, somewhat foolish old man.“Sometime in the late autumn of 1977, I went to a book party that was held in the Rosebery Room of the House of Lords. Why I went I can’t think – the volume was some piece of unreadable bufferdom extruded by Lord Butler […].”