senior moment

senior moment

An instance in which one forgets something or acts strangely or foolishly, humorously attributed to one's advanced age. I thought Mom knew Joe's phone number, but she's having a senior moment and can't remember it either.
See also: moment, senior
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a senior moment

INFORMAL
A senior moment is an occasion when someone, usually an elderly person, makes a silly mistake or forgets something. He is 69 in February and sometimes has a senior moment, when the flow of words dries up. Note: This expression is used humorously.
See also: moment, senior
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

senior moment

an untoward incident, especially one exhibiting forgetfulness, that is attributed to old age. informal humorous
See also: moment, senior
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

senior moment

n. a lapse of memory in an older person. I had a senior moment and forgot your name. Sorry.
See also: moment, senior
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

senior moment

A temporary lapse of memory, a kind of forgetfulness experienced increasingly as one ages. The term dates from the second half of the 1900s and has become so popular that a game for improving one’s mental acuity is named “Senior Moment.” Paul Krugman’s review of a book about the United States’s aging population and the economic outlook was entitled America’s Senior Moment (New York Review of Books, March 10, 2005).
See also: moment, senior
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • a senior moment
  • (one's) lord and master
  • there must be something in the water
  • be all in a day's work
  • and I don't play one on TV
  • all in a day's work
  • are we having fun yet
  • Are we having fun yet?
  • AWHFY
  • a right one
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And he had a self-confessed 'senior moment' in Never Can Say Goodbye when he forgot a verse.
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Indeed that very number was a catalyst for me deciding that I should seek early retirement, for in a very senior moment I tried to gain access on a security door at my place of work using the Co-op number.
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This phenomenon is often referred to as a "senior moment"--when you cannot recall the name of a movie you saw, a book you read, or someone you met just recently.
"Why am I so forgetful?"
His old dear had a wee senior moment recently when she went in to the butcher's and asked if they had any of those "Cumbernauld" sausages...
Driving me round the bend
That old dog Sammy was under orders to wear a tag round his neck with details of our hotel should he have a senior moment on our wee soiree.
Midday will shine on
"We have a laugh about hot flushes, and if I forget something I say 'Sorry just having a senior moment!'," says Chris.
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