anecdotage
/ˌænɪkˈdoʊtɪdʒ/
noun
- A period in a person's life when they are old and tend to tell many anecdotes, often in a repetitive or rambling way.
- Grandpa has entered his anecdotage and loves to tell us stories from his youth.
- She joked that her anecdotage had begun when she started telling the same story twice in one afternoon.
- The family reunion was full of anecdotage as the older relatives shared memories.