old fogey
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8.2
- noun
- /oʊld ˈfoʊɡi/
- Offensive
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- At the family gathering, he joked that his conservative views made him an old fogey compared to the younger crowd.
Where are these young kids going to hear stories like that if they don't sit with the old fogies and listen?
- 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.
- Without being able to say it, we were unlike old fogies, sensitive to the changing light.
Examples
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They're going to think up very clever, ingenious, and for us old fogies, weird ways of using this technologies.
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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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It's the end of the world over things we old fogeys would think are simple.
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Call me an old fogey.
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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?
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I thought an old fogey like me wouldn't stand a chance.
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But he's no old fogey.
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If you don't mind dancing with an old fogey like me.
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Lucky Chang's is not for a couple of old fogey sisters like us, beginning to dress alike.
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Many young people consider my advice outdated, but I still prefer the ways of an old fogey.
Synonyms
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7.6
Someone whose habits or style are old-fashioned
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9.7
A person who is old-fashioned and dislikes new ideas
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6.5
Holding strongly to old customs and resisting change
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9.9
A person with old-fashioned ideas who refuses to change
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8.1
A person who is old-fashioned and not modern
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8.3
A person who does not like new things or change
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8.6
An old-fashioned person or thing that is out of date
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9.6
A person who prefers the usual way of doing things and does not accept new ideas
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9.9
A person who has very old-fashioned views about politics or society
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9.2
A person with very traditional political views who strongly opposes change
A person who refuses to accept new ideas or technology
Antonyms
How Old-Fashioned
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8.6
- Offensive
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9.7
- Offensive
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8.2
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5.6
- Formal
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5.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who is old-fashioned or resistant to change' follows directly from combining 'old' (elderly) with 'fogey' (someone resistant to modern ideas). This is a straightforward adjective + noun composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Old fogey may come from the picture of an old person lost in fog, moving slowly and not seeing new things. That's why old fogey means 'a person who is old-fashioned or slow to accept change'.