fogey
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- noun
- /ˈfoʊɡi/
- Offensive
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- Where are these young kids going to hear stories like that if they don't sit with the old fogies and listen?
- an old fogey
Without being able to say it, we were unlike old fogies, sensitive to the changing light.
- Without being able to say it, we were unlike old fogies, sensitive to the changing light.
- Where are these young kids going to hear stories like that if they don't sit with the old fogies and listen?
- They're going to think up very clever, ingenious, and for us old fogies, weird ways of using this technologies.
Examples
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My grandfather is a real fogey who still insists on using a typewriter instead of a computer.
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What too many forget is that our old fogey time is over, except in aid of the new generation's dynamic refusal to accept the status quo.
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Look at the old fogey!
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Call me an old fogey.
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I thought an old fogey like me wouldn't stand a chance.
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It's the end of the world over things we old fogeys would think are simple.
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If you don't mind dancing with an old fogey like me.
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But he's no old fogey.
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Email blasts may seem like the out-of-touch old fogey of online marketing, but there's a reason they keep hanging around:
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They're going to think up very clever, ingenious, and for us old fogies, weird ways of using this technologies.
Synonyms
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Someone whose habits or style are old-fashioned
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A person who does not like change or try new things
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A person who is old-fashioned and not modern
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A person who prefers old ways and does not like change
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A person who does not like new things or change
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An old-fashioned person or thing that is out of date
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A person who prefers the usual way of doing things and does not accept new ideas
A person who refuses to accept new ideas or technology
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Compounds
How Old-Fashioned
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Etymology
Fogey likely comes from an older word fogy, used in the 1800s for someone who liked old ways. A helpful way to remember it is to think of 'fog' hiding new things, so an fogey is an 'old-fashioned' person who is unwilling to change.