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also fogeys
as in conservatives
a person with old-fashioned ideas
old fogies who said that rap music would never last
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Recent Examples of fogies
For the benefit of us old fogies?
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
Now the 10% is for stubborn old fogies who refuse to change their ways and try something new.
—Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2026
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
Now the 10% is for stubborn old fogies who refuse to change their ways and try something new.
—Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fogies
Noun
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Luna and other House conservatives have vowed to hold up legislation from passing the House until the Senate moves the SAVE America Act.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Apr. 2026
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The notion of judicial neutrality wasn’t a pose for many conservatives.—
Peter S. Canellos,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Bishop acquired the property, intending to preserve the inactive cemetery as a memorial site for the military veterans buried there, some dating back to the Civil War.—
Nicole Comstock,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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There’s also a new exemption for veterans who have a 100% disability rating, though the application for that will not be available from the state until after July 1.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But paleontology didn’t really get going until the 19th century, when fuller fossils were uncovered and experts started to call these massive lizard-looking things dinosaurs, said Vicky Coules, a researcher at the University of Bristol in the UK who studies how dinosaurs became visual icons.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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Hike the Giant Logs Trail to see petrified tree fossils that are over 200 million years old.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Fogies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fogies. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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