variants
or less commonly fogey
plural fogies also fogeys
: a person with old-fashioned ideas
—usually used with old
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Examples of fogy in a Sentence
old fogies who said that rap music would never last
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The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits.
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Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
Young people with the right stuff can be far more resilient than we old fogies suspect.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2023
Consequently, throughout the 1970s and ’80s Wilson was viewed as a Tory, a young fogy.
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
There’s a lot of this comedy at an old fogy’s expense.
—Ron Charles
critic, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019
Can two old fogies of the media landscape reunite and grow, as the market rapidly consolidates and moves online?
—Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2019
Old fogies might be tempted to use a browser bookmark to remember their place, but Google has a new name for this: Collections.
—Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 24 Sep. 2018
Even the suits, fogies and aging rebels at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were reluctant to acknowledge the movement, failing to induct Yes until earlier this year.
—John Adamian, courant.com, 2 Aug. 2017
Mr. Cameron, who favors staying in Europe, hoped the referendum could be framed as thrusting modernists versus nostalgic old fogies.
—Steven Erlanger and Stephen Castle, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2016
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Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
Young people with the right stuff can be far more resilient than we old fogies suspect.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2023
Consequently, throughout the 1970s and ’80s Wilson was viewed as a Tory, a young fogy.
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
There’s a lot of this comedy at an old fogy’s expense.
—Ron Charles
critic, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019
Can two old fogies of the media landscape reunite and grow, as the market rapidly consolidates and moves online?
—Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2019
Old fogies might be tempted to use a browser bookmark to remember their place, but Google has a new name for this: Collections.
—Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 24 Sep. 2018
Even the suits, fogies and aging rebels at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were reluctant to acknowledge the movement, failing to induct Yes until earlier this year.
—John Adamian, courant.com, 2 Aug. 2017
Mr. Cameron, who favors staying in Europe, hoped the referendum could be framed as thrusting modernists versus nostalgic old fogies.
—Steven Erlanger and Stephen Castle, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2016
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First Known Use
1792, in the meaning defined above
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fogy
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fo·gy
variants
also fogey
plural fogies also fogeys
: a person with old-fashioned ideas
—usually used with old
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