doddering

• “We shouldn't avoid the "doddering" issue for fear of inciting old people, just as we shouldn't avoid the Palin corruption and inexperience issue for fear of inciting women.”

  New Ads: Obama Presses "Change"; McCain Spot Says Obama's "Star Is Fading"

• “You would hardly suppose that a nation "doddering" to its doom would be so lively in producing ships in this manner?”

  The British Empire

• “Others, again, seemed afflicted with what old Matthew Branthwaite called "doddering" and a fit of the "gapes.”

  The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance

• “On Smiggers 'right is a "doddering" old fellow of between seventy and eighty -- clearly”

  Pickwickian Studies

• “[It certainly blows away the historical fallacy that he was a doddering old grandfather not cognizant of what was going on.]”

  Remembering Apollo 11 and the Legacy of Apollo - NASA Watch

• “I already knew and enjoyed hanging out with the heroes -- Charlie, an inveterate horseplayer, and his father, Drummond, whom he'd always thought was a doddering appliance salesman but really is a CIA all-star.”

  The Huffington Post: Keith Thomson: The Challenges of Following Up a Bestselling Novel

• “It's a timeless tale that asks the question, which is better -- a love that lasts into doddering, rocking chair old age or one that burns so bright that it explodes like a supernova?”

  The Huffington Post: Rochelle Jewel Shapiro: Bonnie & Clyde: Don't We Just Love Those Bad Guys and Gals?

• “But setting aside the feelgood appeal of their comebacks and whether they can still cut it at the top level, this influx of aging veterans raises an awkward question for English soccer: What does it say about the Premier League's overall talent level when two players with a combined age of 71 are still doddering about at the country's leading teams?”

  The Wall Street Journal: Questions Over Golden Oldies

• “Mr. Fénelon's quirky vocal choices have turned the doddering valet Firs into a mezzo-soprano, while the governess Charlotta is written for a bass in drag.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Fénelon's Gnarled 'Orchard'

• “In the final analysis, when you boil away all of the weirdness, it becomes clear that the teabaggers are pissed because there isn't yet another doddering old white guy in the White House -- like they're used to.”

  Kickin' Ass and Namin' Names

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