Meldrew's name is associated with aggression or grumpiness; the journal Age and Ageing notes that "Viewers of Victor Meldrew (One Foot in the Grave) would not be surprised that hostility contributes to mortality in grumpy old men."Age and Ageing: News and Reviews. Hostility, age and mortality in patients with cardiac disease. Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2006. pages 3–4. doi:10.1093/ageing/afi213 Similarly, The Daily Telegraph uses Richard Wilson's Meldrew to refer to people who enjoy "a good moan",Richard Alleyne. The Telegraph: The Victor Meldrew effect: a good moan makes elderly feel better. 31 August 2010. while Jenny Turner in the London Review of Books can observe that "the timing and rhythm (of Geoff Dyer's Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi) have the flippancy of stand-up comedy. The voice has Eeyore in it, and Morrissey and Victor Meldrew, and could only be English and from that postwar, post-punk generation".[Jenny Turner. How Dare He?. London Review of Books. Volume 31, Number 11. 11 June 2009, pages 24–25.
