A state of exhibiting an extraordinary amount of noxious gas, often triggered by consuming excessive methane-generating food (such as beans, garlic, broccoli, and cheese).
Derived from English word "afflatus" (creative impulse or inspiration), or a contraction of English words "affluent" and "flatulence."
A day after eatingdozen bean-and-cheese tacos, John demonstrated his afflatulence during the staff meeting--driving most of his colleagues to rush out of the room.
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)