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also fogey
as in conservative
a person with old-fashioned ideas
old fogies who said that rap music would never last
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Recent Examples of fogy
There’s no old fogey-ness to Lorne.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2026
For the benefit of us old fogies?
—
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.
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Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Feb. 2026
Old fogey-ish, ungrateful and stupid.
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Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 2025
These are people who know AI and have grown up with this stuff that these old fogies haven't.
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Alison Snyder,
Axios,
23 Feb. 2025
And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.
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Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2023
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.
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Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
25 Feb. 2023
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2026
For the benefit of us old fogies?
—
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
Old fogey-ish, ungrateful and stupid.
—
Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 2025
These are people who know AI and have grown up with this stuff that these old fogies haven't.
—
Alison Snyder,
Axios,
23 Feb. 2025
And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.
—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2023
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.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fogy
Noun
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The Riverside County sheriff drew flak for conservatives like Laura Loomer for kneeling alongside activists in the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and, when pressed by a CNN reporter, for signaling openness to a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
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The deal, of which Vance is increasingly the public face, is encountering a wall of opposition from skeptical conservatives who have blasted it as a loss for the United States — and a potential handicap for Vance’s political future.
Noun
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The veteran guard joined the Nuggets in 2025 on a one-year veteran minimum contract and went on to post one of the best shooting seasons of his career.
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Trump’s order calls for veterans from around the country to come for rehabilitative services.
Noun
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That hypothesis remains tentative; the fossil record is fragmentary enough that ruling out opportunistic or scavenging behavior is difficult.
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Far from lumps of rock, the trojans, along with DJ and Dinkinesh (which is the Ethiopian name for the Lucy fossil), are windows into the past, and the storytellers of the Earth's most ancient history.
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“Fogy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fogy. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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